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Pellegrino leg. E. Ragusa]" (foothills, March, E. in the centrai part ofboth the anterior and posterior
Ragusa. [Monte Pellegrino leg. E. Ragusa]". I margins of pronotum, the latter having also a very
hereby designate this latter specimen as the lec- dense tuft of long fine recumbent setae. Sternum
totypus of P. pellegrinensis. The following red with dense yellowish setation. Antennae l 0-seg-
handwritten label has been added to it: Lectotypus mented; scape elongate and distally dilatate, almost
- Pseudoapterogyna pellegrinensis Brenske in as long as 2°-3° and 4° segments together; 2° seg-
Ragusa, 1893, I. Sparacio des. 2014. Ragusa used ment very short; club shorter than the 7 previous
to add the locality label only to the first speci1nen segments together (club/funicle = 0.60). Clypeus
of a seri es (Arnone, 20 l 0), therefore the remaining with anterior 1nargin emarginate at middle.
ten specimens of the seri es, ali belonging toP. pel- Head covered with big deep dense punctures; a
legrinensis, ha ve to be consdiered as paralectotypi. small transverse carina slightly raised and not reach-
ing the sides is present on clypeus. Pronotum trans-
verse, 2.3 ti1nes wider than long, sides slightly
Pseudoapterogyna vorax (Marseul, 1878) curved a t basai, norrowed distally, maximum width
a t basai half; posteri or angles obtuse; anterior mar-
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Sicily (Agrigento), Lampe- gin slightly curved forward, posterior margin pro-
dusa, 4.VI.l975, l 1n (Pseudoapterogyna vorax
jecting backward in the middle with basai bead thin
Mars. J. Baraud det.), legit B. Massa (CMA); idem,
and with sparse little punctures; a smooth longitu-
l f, 5.VI.1975 (CMA); Sicilia (Agrigento), Isola di
dinal line is present in the middle of pronotum;
Lampedusa, 15.V1983, l f(CIS).
pronotal surface smooth (not microreticulated),
BIOLOGY AND DISTRIBUTION. Adults active in sculpture formed by mediu1n sized deep dense punc-
May and June. Records from other months (Arnone tures, regularly distributed over the entire surface
et al., 1995; Ballerio et al., 2010) are likely findings ( the distance between the punctures subequal to
of dead specimens, often found under stones. twice their diameter). Scutellum wide, subtriangu-
P. vorax is widespread from Morocco to Libia lar, with curved sides, micro-reticulated, with deep
(Baraud, 1985). Baraud (1977) was the frrst to report dense punctation, concentrated mainly at sides,
the occurrence of this species in Lampedusa (Sicily covered by the dense recumbent long fine setation.
Channel), later Smetana & Knil (2006) added a Humeral callus present. Elytra broad, dorsally
record from Lampione (an islet next to Lampedusa). flattened, wider at distai third, coarsely striated,
with punctures large, dense and deep at the base
REMARKS. A comparison between the holotype
then densely wrinkled at apical third; elytral apex
of P. vorax (MNHN, locus typicus: Algeria, Batna)
slightly divergent. Pygidium with poorly defined
and a few specimens from Lampedusa Island did
shallow sparse punctures on densely micro-reticu-
not reveal any relevant difference between the two
populations. lated surface. Tarsal claws toothed a t base. Anterior
tarsi elongate, l. 7 5 longer than the corresponding
tibiae. Anterior tibiae tridentate on external margin.
Pseudoapterogyna michaelis n. sp. Posteri or tarsi elongate, l. 75 longer than the corre-
sponding tibiae, l o tarsomere distinctly shorter than
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Holotypus male: Monte the 3 o. Posteri or tibiae without carina on dorsal si de.
Cofano (Trapani, Sicily, Italy), 20.XI.2011 (CIS). Metathoracic wings fully developed.
Paratypes: idem, 2m (CIS); idem, 17.XI.2013, 31 Aedeagus, in latera! view, with sub-parallel
m (CIS); idem, 20m, legitA. Tetamo (CMB); idem, parameres, distally slightly wider, with apex short,
8 m (CAT); idem, l1n, legit I. Sparacio (MNHN); sharp and slightly curved.
idem, l m, legit I. Sparacio (MCSNG). F emale unknown.
DESCRIPTION OF HOLOTYPUS. Length 14.5 rmn. VARIABILITY. Body length 13-18 rmn; colour of
Shiny. Reddish-brown, with darker pronotum; the dorsal surface is sometimes much darker, with
palpi, antenna e, tarsi, latera! margins of pronotum, pronotum almost completely dark. In some speci-
and underside yellowish-brown; long yellowish- mens there is a short and weak carina on the top of
brown erect setae are present around the body, denser the dorsal face of posteri or tibiae.