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Tropidotilla litoralis (Petagna, 1787)
Mutilla littoralis; Mantero, 1905: 59 (Giglio).
Tropidotilla littoralis; Invrea, 1964: 135 (Giglio).
Tropidotilla litoralis; Lo Cascio et al., 1998: 129 (Lipari).

EXAMINED MATERIAL. Elba: 1 , surrounding of Chiessi, 11.VII.1997, P. Lo Cascio and V. Pan-
q

cioli (PL). Lipari: 1 , 16.V.1983, M. G. Di Palma (MR). Favignana: 1 , 8.VI.1971, B. Massa
qq

(MR). Levanzo: 1 , 11.V.1970, B. Massa (MR); 1 , 5.VI.1977, A. Carapezza (AC); 1 ,
qq q

4.IV.1990, M. Mei (MM).

Nemka viduata viduata (Pallas, 1773)
Mutilla viduata; Mantero, 1905: 59 (Giglio).
Smicromyrme viduata; Invrea, 1964: 168 (Giglio); Petersen, 1988: 219 (San Pietro).
Nemka viduata viduata; Turrisi, 1999: 149 (Lipari, Marettimo).

EXAMINED MATERIAL. Giglio: 1 , 1901, G. Doria (MSNB). Pianosa: 1 , 17.VI.1999, P. Ab-
Ø Ø

bazzi et al. (MZUF). Tavolara: 1 , IX.1984, P. Finotello (MZUF). Sant’Antioco: 1 , Calasetta,
qq

X.1999, L. Fancello (PL). Lipari: 1 , Cappero, VII.1995, P. Lo Cascio (PL); 1 , Palmeto,
Øq

15.VIII.1995, P. Lo Cascio and V. Pancioli (PL); 1 , Vallone dei Lacci, VIII.1995, P. Lo Ca-
q

scio and V. Pancioli (PL); 3 qq, Timpone Ricotta, 8.X.1996, 3.VI.1997, P. Lo Cascio (PL).

Vulcano: 1 , 1.VI.1956, E. Di Napoli (RA); 1 , 3-17.VII.1993, M. Mei (MM); 4 , 1 gynan-
q q qq

dromorph, Gran Cratere, 4.VI.1997, P. Lo Cascio (PL, MR).

Physetopoda fusculina (Invrea, 1955)
Smicromyrme fusculina; Invrea, 1964: 223 (San Pietro).

EXAMINED MATERIAL. Sant’Antioco: 1 , 5-28.VII.1987, R. Mourglia (MR).
q

NOTES. Endemic to Sardinia and to the above mentioned Circumsardinian islands. On-
ly females are known.

? Physetopoda lucasii (Smith, 1855)
? Mutilla rubrocincta Lucas, 1849; Riggio, 1885: 53 (Ustica); Riggio & De Stefani-Perez,
1888: 149 (Ustica).

EXAMINED MATERIAL. None.

NOTES. According to Petersen (1988) and Schmid-Egger & Petersen (1993), Physetopo-
da sp. pl. previously included in the old group of “Smicromyrme montana” (sensu Invrea,
1964) and placed by several authors as subspecific and/or infra-subspecific ranks con-
sist of six species: Physetopoda daghestanica (Radoszkowski, 1885), P. halensis (F., 1787),
P. lucasii (Smith, 1855), P. rubrocincta (Lucas, 1849), P. scutellaris (Latreille, 1792),
and P. unicincta (Lucas, 1849). Among these, P. rubrocincta (Lucas, 1849), was gener-
ically indicated for Italy by Lelej (2002), but its occurrence in this country still needs to
be confirmed. We did not find the specimen quoted by Riggio (1885) for Ustica. Even
if it is not excluded the possibility of a correct identification by this author, the lack of
recent and detailed data on the Italian distribution of this species suggests that this old
record could be more probably referred to the similar P. lucasii (Smith, 1855), widely
distributed in Sicily and characterised by a wide range of chromatic variability.