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Physetopoda punctata (Latreille, 1792)
Smicromyrme punctata; Invrea, 1957b: 15 (Lampedusa); Invrea, 1964: 205 (Lampedusa); Ar-
none & Romano, 1995: 744 (Lampedusa).
EXAMINED MATERIAL. See Arnone & Romano (1995).
Physetopoda pusilla (Klug, 1835)
Smicromyrne [sic!] rufipes (F., 1787); Invrea, 1957b: 14 (pars) (Lampedusa).
Smicromyrne [sic!] di tipo rufipes; Invrea, 1957b: 16 (pars) (Lampedusa).
Smicromyrme pusilla; Arnone & Romano, 1995: 741 (Lampedusa).
Physetopoda pusilla; Canovai et al., 2000: 78 (Gorgona).
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Elba: 1 , Monte Agaciaccio, 15.VII.1997, P. Lo Cascio and V. Pancioli
q
(PL). Lipari: 3 qq, Vallone Muria, 18.VII.1996, 13.VIII.1996, P. Lo Cascio (PL); 1 q, Fonta-
nelle, 19.VIII.1996, P. Lo Cascio and S. Pasta (PL). Levanzo: 3 , 25.V.1984, M. Lo Valvo
qq
(MR, identified as Smicromyrme prope pusilla).
Physetopoda sericeiceps (André, 1901)
Mutilla rufipes F., 1787; Mantero, 1909: 66 (Asinara).
Smicromyrme sericeiceps; Invrea, 1951: 41 (Asinara); Invrea, 1964: 221 (Asinara); Petersen,
1988: 216 (Asinara).
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Sant’Antioco: 23 qq , 5-28.VII.1987, R. Mourglia (MR); 3 qq ,
8.VIII.1988, P. Leo (MR).
NOTES. Only its female sex is known.
Physetopoda trioma (Invrea, 1955)
Mutilla pusilla Klug, 1835; Mantero, 1909: 66 (Asinara).
Smicromyrme trioma; Invrea, 1955a: 239 (Asinara); Invrea, 1964: 210 (Asinara).
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Sant’Antioco: 1 , Cala Lunga, IX.1999, L. Fancello (PL); 2 , Cala
q qq
Saboni, X.1999, L. Fancello (PL).
NOTES. Endemic species of Sardinia and of the above mentioned circum-Sardinian is-
lands. Only its female sex is known.
Physetopoda sp.
Smicromyrme montana (Panzer, 1805); Invrea, 1957b: 16 (Lampedusa); Invrea, 1964: 185 (Lam-
pedusa).
Smicromyrme sp.; Arnone & Romano, 1995: 741 (Lampedusa).
Physetopoda halensis (F., 1787); Pagliano, 2003: 124 (Lampedusa).
EXAMINED MATERIAL. See Arnone & Romano (1995).
NOTES. Some females from Lampedusa Island have been referred to Smicromyrme montana
(Panzer, 1805) by Invrea (1957b). Arnone & Romano (1995), after revising Invrea’s mate-
rial, concluded that they do not belong to Physetopoda halensis (Fabricius, 1787) [= montana],
but to a different species rather close to this taxon and probably not yet described. Despite
