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TABLE 1. An overview of diagnostic morphological features in the Palaearctic Hylaea fasciaria species group. See
Figures 1–9 for the external characters, 10–13 for the male genitalia and 14–17 for the female genitalia. The shape and
size of the lamella antevaginalis in the female genitalia is variable, and should be treated with caution.

Character H. fasciaria H. mediterranea H. pinicolaria H. compararia
weak, not parallel
forewing medial line angled, not parallel with curved, not parallel with curved, parallel with with costa
weak, straight
costa costa costa
weak, straight
forewing postmedial angled at costa, angled weakly angled at costa, angled at costa, evenly
line outwards near inner no
margin evenly curved near inner curved near inner whitish

margin margin subapical part narrow

hindwing postmedial distinct, curved distinct, curved distinct, curved enlarged
line angled row, reaching
aedeagus apex
Reddish specimens yes no no absent
small/minute
Fringes at forewing usually concolorous red red
apex with wings Algeria, Tunisia

Uncus shape subapical part rather subapical part narrow subapical part narrow
wide

Apex of aedeagus arm not enlarged not enlarged not enlarged

Cornuti straight row straight row straight row

Signum small/minute large small/minute

Lamella antevaginalis often large, margin often large, margin often large, margin
round concave concave

Distribution Pan-European, Italy: Sicily, Calabria, France: Corsica
eastwards to Russia: Molise
Yakutia

Hylaea mediterranea Sihvonen, Skou, Flamigni, Fiumi & Hausmann, new species

Material examined. Holotype male: HOLOTYPE / Hylaea / mediterranea [red rectangle label]; Italy, Sicily, 5.7
km ESE San Stefano Quisquina, near Pizzo della Rondine, 1000 m, 9.-10.x.2010, Peder Skou leg.; Prep. number
1738., Pasi Sihvonen (coll. Skou, Denmark, to be deposited at the Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen,
Denmark). Paratypes altogether 6 males and 4 females. 1 male and 3 females: Italy, Sicily, / 5.7 km ESE San /
Stefano Quisquina, / near Pizzo della Rondine, / 1000 m, 9.-10.x.2010, / Peder Skou leg.; Prep. number 1739. /,
Pasi Sihvonen. 1 female: Italy, Sicilia, / 7 km S. of Castelbuono, / 1350 m, 5.vi.2005, / Peder Skou leg. (both
specimens in coll. Peder Skou, Denmark). 1 male: Italy, Sicily, Mt Etna / Ragabo restaur. / 7 km SW Linguaglossa,
/ 1450 m, 8–9.ix.2002 / Leg. M. Fibiger & / G. Jeppesen. 1 male: Italy, Sicily, / 5.3 km SE Collesano, / Rifugio
Orestano, / 1100 m, 8.x.2010, / Peder Skou leg (all in coll. Skou, Denmark). 1 male: Italien, Sizilien/ Aetna,
Nicolosi/ Monte San Leo/ 1110 m,/ N3739’ - E1459’/ 2. Juni 2001/ leg. Norbert Pöll; 305 [genitalia dissected, slide
number 305 N. Pöll] (in coll. Pöll, Austria). 1 male: Italia / Sicilia / Campo Italia, 442m [38.2508°N 15.5442°E] /
30.5.2010 / leg. M. Infusino [DNA barcode specimenID BC MI 0116] (Universià di Messina, Zoological
Collection, Italy). 1 male: Sicilia or. / Mte. Etna / 2km S Milo / (CT) 800m / 20.VIII.2001 / lg. Hausmann [DNA
barcode specimen ID BC ZSM Lep 14248] (ZSM). Other material examined: 1 female: Italy, Calabria, M.
Cocuzzo, 1150 m, leg. S. Scalercio, 28.7.1997, BC ZSM Lep 14249 (DNA barcode analysed, ZSM). 1 male: Italy,
Sicily, Etna, Valverde, 350 m, 29.8.2008, GF Lep 0016 (DNA barcode analysed, Research Collection of Gabriele
Fiumi, Italy). 1 male, Italy, Sicily, Etna, Valverde, 350 m, 29.8.2008, GF Lep 0017 (DNA barcode analysed,
Research Collection of Gabriele Fiumi, Italy). 3 males: Italy: Molise/ Isernia - Pescopennataro/ 1200 m/ 41.8769
N, 14.2935 E/ A. Sciarretta 30-Jun-2013; GWOTL1120-13; BC ZSM Lep 73518 [other 2 males with same label
data except BC ZSM Lep 73519 and BC ZSM Lep 73520] (coll. University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy). Further
4 males and 7 females from Calabria (CS, Monte Cocuzzo; CS, Cava di Melis; CS, Cosenza/Donnici; VV, Lago
Angitola; all in ZSM) in habitus corresponding to the characteristic features of H. mediterranea but excluded from
the type series because of the distance from the type locality and the missing confirmation by DNA barcodes.

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