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Taxonomic notes on the genus Pseudoapterogyna Esca/era, 1914 (Coleoptera Scarabaeoidea Melolonthidae) in Sicily 363

legrinensis Brenske var. nov . ... esse si devono se- and for satisfying the criteria of availability other
parare, se non come due specie distinte, una come than publication, hence, according to art. 50.1.1 of

varietà de !l'altra .... La differenza più evidente sta the Code, Brenske is the author of the name ''pelle-
nella punteggiatura del pygidio, che ne !l'insetto di grinensis", which needs to be quoted as Bresnke in

Sicilia non è lucido, ed è leggermente aggrinzita, Ragusa. Ragusa provided only the translation of
mentre l'algerino è oltre di ciò ricoperto di grossi Brenske's letter, but this circumstance, in my opin-
e forti punti. Per la specie di Sicilia io scelgo il ion, is not sufficient to change the sole responsi-

nome di pellegrinensis, per indicare la località dove bility of Brenske.
questa specie è stata fin 'ora trovata." The populations of Sicily, so far reported as

["(l) Var. pellegrinensis Brenske var. no v. . .. P. euphytus, show clear differences fromP. euphy-
they 1nust represent two distinct species or at least tus and therefore must be attributed to P. pelle-

two distinct varieties. The most obvious difference grinensis. Reports of P. euphytus from the
is in the punctation of pygidium, which in the insect Lampedusa Island (Failla Tedaldi, 1887; Heyden

fro1n Sicily is not shining, and slightly wrinkled, et al., 1891; Goggi, 2004) are likely records of P.
while in the Algerian specimens, in addition to this vorax (see below).
character, is covered by big and strong punctures. In Ragusa's collection there are 14 specimens

For the species of Sicily I choose the name pelle- ofPseudoapterogyna from Sicily (see alsoAmone,
grinensis to indicate the location where this species 2010); only two ofthem bear a locality label. One

has been found so far."] of them comes from Pantelleria (together with
It is quite clear fro1n the footnote of Ragusa's other two specimens of the series of 14 speci-

1893 paper that the name ''pellegrinensis" and the mens) an d therefore belongs to P. euphytus laman-
description come from Brenske. I think therefore tiai (see above), while the other bears the
that Brenske is alone responsible both for the name following label:: "Falde, 3, E. Ragusa. [Monte

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Figure 4. Pseudoapterogyna euphytus lamantiai n. ssp. Fig. 5. Idem, aedeagus, length 5.6 mm. Fig. 6. P. pellegrinensis.
Fig. 7. Idem, aedeagus, length 6 mm. Fig. 8. P. michaelis n. sp. Fig. 9. Idem, aedeagus, length 6 mm. (photos M. Romano).