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Baldorhynchus pedersolii Bello & Osella 2016, sp. n.
No full textBaldorhynchus pedersolii Bellò & Osella sp. n. (Figures 36, 36a, 36b, 36c, 36d, 36e, 36f, 83, 125) Type locality. “Monte Vaccareggio Ovest, 1250 m, Dossena, Bergamo” (Fig. 144). Diagnosis. A Baldorhynchus species of oval shape and large size species belonging to the B. moczarskii group. Within the species group, it is distinguished for an intermediate body size, the elytra with ten striae, the second funicle segment strongly stretched (almost twice longer than seventh) and the antennal club short. Punctation on the pronotum dense, dull, wrinkled, and quite regularly arranged. Elytral punctation coarse, isodiametric, not dense, deep and regularly aligned. Total length: 5.00– 5.30 mm. Elytra with length/width ratio 1.95–2.00. Pronotum length 1.00– 1.05 mm with length/width ratio 1.11–1.17. Type series. Holotype female: [transparent label with genitalia] // ♀ [white, printed] // "IT-Lombardia, BG [Bergamo], Dossena, M.[onte] Vaccareggio Ovest, m 1250, miniera, 12.VIII. [20]14, leg. Pedersoli" [white, printed] // " Baldorhynchus pedersolii sp. n., Holotype, det. Bellò & Osella, 2015" [red, printed] (GOS). Paratypes: "IT-Lombardia, BG [Bergamo], Dossena, M.[onte] Vaccareggio, m 1250, miniera vs W., 1.XI. [20]14, leg. Pedersoli D."(DPE): one female; "IT-Lombardia, BG [Bergamo], Dossena, M.[onte] Vaccareggio, m 1250, miniera vs W., 1.XI. [20]14, leg. Grottolo M."(CBE, ECO, MGR): four females (three abdomens and a whole); "IT-Lombardia, BG [Bergamo], Dossena, Miniera vs W M.[onte] Vaccareggio, m 1250, 29.XI. [20]14, Grottolo M." (MGR): one female (legs and funicle segments partially present); "IT-Lombardia, BG [Bergamo], Dossena, Miniera vs W M.[onte] Vaccareggio, m 1250, 28.III. [20]15, Grottolo legt" (MGR): one female (legs and funicle segments partially present); "IT-Lombardia, BG [Bergamo], Dossena, M.[onte] Vaccareggio, m 1250, miniera vs W., 12.IX. [20]15, leg. Pedersoli D."(CBE, MGR): two females. Types are ten females. Genitalia of three were examined. Holotype. Female. Total length: 5.30 mm. Rostrum elongate and covered by brown-yellowish pubescence; about twice longer than the head; dorsum convex; mesorostrum rather gibbous; a dozen epistomal setae thin, curved, semi-erect. Antenna strongly slender and elongate with long, semi-erect, thin setae; scape clavate and thin as funicle. Scape length: 1.10 mm; funicle length: 1.15 mm. Scape length/funicle length ratio: 0.96. Funicle with club ratios as follows: 13:9:7:8:5:6:5: 26 (club); fusiform club with first segment flat, longest of last four funicle segments, at least twice wider than funicle. Head smooth on disc, short, conical. Supraorbital area partially covered by brown-yellowish pubescence. Vertex width / mesorostrum width: ratio 2.00. Vestigial eyes present, barely visible, partially covered by brown-yellowish pubescence. Pronotum (length: 1.05 mm, width: 0.95 mm, ratio: 1.11) sub-square, sinuate at the base, wider in the middle; short golden erect seta inserted in center of hole; punctation strongly deep, isodiametric but of different widths and not uniformly arranged; smooth little central area on disc. Scutellum small, slightly excavated, triangular. Elytra convex, elongate-oval with high suture (length: 3.20 mm, width: 1.60 mm, ratio: 2.00), strongly rounded on sides, widest at basal third and ogive-shaped on declivity. Punctation of striae deep, isodiametric but of different widths, only some with a minute and short seta; interspaces between strial punctation regular and less wide than hole. Interstriae less wide than striae, flat, smooth with sparse, short and erect setae. Legs thin and elongate, with rather long golden setae. Femora clubbed and edentate. Tibiae with seven/eight tooth-like tubercles on inner edge; protibia slightly curved in side view, metatibia and mesotibia straight. Sternite VIII with sides sub-parallel of lamina and with apical margin fused. Spermatheca with cornu developed, ramus and nodulus inconspicuous (Fig. 83). Ovipositor weakly sclerotized, gonocoxites tapered, with short styli and several more or less long setae. Male. Not known. Distribution. See Fig. 132. Italian endemic. Known only from an old mine on “Monte Vaccareggio” at 1250 m near Dossena, Bergamo. Etymology. Named after our young colleague Davide Pedersoli as a gift for his ability to discover this interesting new species and for his valuable collaboration on researches in the caves. Ecology/Phenology. Specimens were collected in an iron mine. B. pedersolii confirms a wider spread of the moczarskii- group even at higher elevations in the Orobie Pre- Alps, as observed for B. baldensis on Monte Baldo. Reproduction. Probably parthenogenetic. Species known only from ten females.Published as part of Bello, Cesare, Osella, Giuseppe & Baviera, Cosimo, 2016, A taxonomic revision of the genus Baldorhynchus (Di Marco & Osella, 2002) stat. n. (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae), pp. 1-101 in Zootaxa 4070 (1) on pages 84-86, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4070.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/105442
Baldorhynchus paladinii Bello & Osella 2016, sp. n.
No full textBaldorhynchus paladinii Bellò & Osella sp. n. (Figures. 5, 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e, 5f, 51, 82, 96) Type locality. “Grotta Vaio Pangoni (411 V/VR), 592 m, Lessini, Fumane, Verona”. Diagnosis. A Baldorhynchus of medium size belonging to the B. baldensis group with elytra elongate-oval. Within the species group, it is easily recognisable for punctation of pronotum large, dense and regularly arranged. Punctation of the pronotum large, dense, regularly arranged and strongly impressed. Punctation of the elytra large enough regularly aligned, isodiametric and slightly impressed. Total length 3.80–4.40 mm. Elytra with length/ width ratio 1.91–1.96. Pronotum length 0.95–1.05 mm with length/width ratio1.17–1.15 Type series. Holotype female: [transparent label with genitalia] // ♀ [white, printed] // "739 Veneto, M. Lessini, Fumane (VR)” [white, hand-written] // “ Grotta Vaio Pangoni (411 V/VR), m 590” [white, hand-written] // "739, G. Peretto leg., ♀, 16 III 1991 ” [white, hand-written] // “ Baldorhynchus paladinii sp. n., Holotype, det. Bellò & Osella, 2015" [red, printed] (GOS). Paratypes " Veneto, M. Lessini, Fumane (VR) “ Grotta Vaio Pangoni (411 V/VR), m 590”, 16 III 1991, E. Piva leg.” (CBE), one female; " Veneto, M. Lessini, Fumane (VR) “Grotta Vaio Pangoni (411 V/VR), m 590”, 16 III 1991, E. Piva leg.” (CBE), five males (abdomens) and two females (abdomens); " Veneto, M. Lessini, Fumane (VR) “Grotta Vaio Pangoni (411 V/VR), m 590”, 16 III 1 991, G. Peretto leg.” (CBE), two males (abdomens) and one female (abdomen) (CBE). Types are twelve and in six males and five females genitalia were examined. Other material. " Veneto, M. Lessini, Fumane (VR) “Grotta Vaio Pangoni (411 V/VR), m 590”, 16 III 1991, G. Peretto & E. Piva leg.” (CBE) (remains); " Veneto, Monti Lessini, S. Ambrogio di Valpolicella (VR), Cava n° 1 di Monte Solane, 600 m, 29 IV 2015, Piva leg.” (CBE) (one male and two females + remains). " Parco Lessinia, VR, valle di Fumane, Mulin de Cao, 300 m, 25 II 2011, leg. Sette—Parricelli” (MSNV): one male determined cf. Baldorhynchus paladinii Bellò & Osella, 2015. Other material are four specimens. All genitalia were examined. Holotype. Female. Total length: 4.40 mm. Rostrum short and partially covered by dense yellowish pubescence; twice as long as the head; dorsum convex; mesorostrum slightly gibbous with short keel; a dozen epistomal setae thin, curved, semi-erect. Antenna slender and little elongate with long, semi-erect, thin setae, scape little clavate and as robust as funicle. Scape length: 0.90 mm; funicle length: 0.85 mm. Scape length/funicle length ratio: 1.05. Antenna segments ratios as follows: 10: 7: 5: 6: 5: 5: 4: 28 (club); fusiform club with first segment flat, more long than five last funicle segments, at least twice wider than funicle. Head smooth on disc, short, conical. Supraorbital area covered by dense yellowish pubescence. Vertex width / mesorostrum width: ratio 1.72. Vestigial eyes visible, partially covered by yellowish pubescence. Pronotum (length: 1.05 mm, width: 0.90 mm, ratio: 1.17) little sub-exagonal, not gibbous, little sinuate at the base, wider in the middle; short golden erect seta inserted in center of hole; punctation large, dense, isodiametric, regularly arranged and strongly impressed; smooth little central area on disc. Scutellum small and inconspicuous. Elytra convex, elongate-oval with flat suture (length: 2.45 mm, width: 1.25 mm, ratio: 1.96), strongly rounded on sides, wider at the middle and ogive-shaped on declivity. Punctation of striae large, regularly aligned, isodiametric and slightly impressed; interspaces between strial punctation regular and less wide than hole. Interstriae as wide as striae, flat, smooth with sparse, long and erect setae. Legs robust and elongate, with rather long golden setae. Femora clubbed and edentate. Tibiae with seven/ eight tooth-like tubercles on inner edge; protibia slightly curved in side view, mesotibia and metatibia straight. Sternite VIII with sides sub-parallel of lamina and with apical margin fused. Spermatheca with cornu developed, ramus and nodulus almost inconspicuous. Male. Penis lengthened, sub-parallel seen from above and regularly and moderately curved in lateral view; tegmen sclerotized; small genital armature; penis apex as in Fig. 5f. Distribution. See Fig. 128. Italian endemic. Known only from the Lessini Mountains, Fumane valley. “Grotta Vaio Pangoni” cave is at 592 meters of elevation: 45°34’29.6’’N 10°52’40.2’’E. Etymology. Named after our friend and colleague Alessandro Paladini for his uncommon ability in research of endogean Curculionidae. Ecology/Phenology. The cave fauna is not rich and includes, after B. paladinii sp. n., only the Carabidae Trechinae Orotrechus vicentinus juccii Pomini, 1940 (Piva in litteris, 2015). Reproduction. Amphigonic.Published as part of Bello, Cesare, Osella, Giuseppe & Baviera, Cosimo, 2016, A taxonomic revision of the genus Baldorhynchus (Di Marco & Osella, 2002) stat. n. (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae), pp. 1-101 in Zootaxa 4070 (1) on pages 24-26, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4070.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/105442
Baldorhynchus monguzzii Bello & Osella 2016, sp. n.
No full textBaldorhynchus monguzzii Bellò & Osella sp. n. (Figures 18, 18a, 18b, 18c, 18d, 18e, 18f, 80, 109) Type locality. “ Buso della Torta, 875 m, Monte Grappa, Solagna, Vicenza”. Diagnosis. A Baldorhynchus of large size belonging to the B. danzii group with elytra oval shaped. Within the species group, it is recognisable by the less shiny and less ovate elytra, scape robust and short. Punctation of the pronotum of different size, pocked, irregularly scattered, impressed and sparse. Elytral punctation grainy, slightly aligned, feebly impressed and isodiametric. Total length: 5.40 mm. Elytra with length/width ratio 1.875. Pronotum length mm 1.20 with length/width ratio 1.14. Type series. Holotype, female: [transparent label with genitalia] // ♀ [white, printed] // " Veneto, M.[onte] Grappa, Grotta “ Busa de la Torta ”, (Solagna, VI), 8 IV 2000, L. Diotti ” [white, hand-written] // " Baldorhynchus monguzzii sp. n., Holotype, det. Bellò & Osella, 2015" [red, printed] (RMO). Paratype: 1 ♀: Veneto, M.[onte] Grappa, Grotta “ Busa de la Torta ”, (Solagna, VI), 8 IV 2000, L. Diotti & R. Monguzzi legg. (GOS): one female abdomen. Genitalia of one specimen was examined. Holotype. Female. Total length: 5.40 mm. Rostrum elongate, about twice longer than the head; dorsum convex; mesorostrum rather gibbous, convex in the middle with a long keel; about 10 epistomal setae thin, curved, semi-erect. Antenna robust and short with long, semi-erect, thin setae; scape clavate and robust. Scape length: 1.10 mm; funicle not present; club not present. Head smooth on disc, short, conical. Supraorbital area without golden-yellowish pubescence. Vertex width / mesorostrum width: ratio 2.00. Vestigial eyes not present, not covered by pubescence. Pronotum (length: 1.20 mm, width: 1.05 mm, ratio: 1.14) sub-cylindrical, sinuate at the base, longer than wide, with maximum width in the anterior third; short golden erect seta inserted in center of hole; punctation not deep, isodiametric and of different widths, not uniformly arranged; smooth central area on disc. Scutellum small, excavated, triangular. Elytra convex, elongate with high suture (length: 3.00 mm, width: 1.60 mm, ratio: 1.875), strongly rounded on sides, widest at middle and oval shaped. Punctation striae not deep, isodiametric and not same widths, without setae; interspaces between strial punctation smooth and regular, wider than hole. Interstriae less wide than striae, convex, smooth with sparse, long and erect setae. Legs robust and elongate, with rather long golden setae. Femora clubbed and edentate. Tibiae with seven tooth-like tubercles on inner edge. Protibia slightly curved in side view, metatibia straight and mesotibia curved inwards. Sternite VIII with sides curved of lamina and with apical margin fused. Spermatheca with cornu developed, ramus and nodulus inconspicuous (Fig. 18f). Male. Not known. Distribution. See Fig. 130. Italian endemic. Known only from “Monte Grappa” “Buso della Torta” Cave (N° 603 V VI) at 875 meters of elevation: 45°50’10.40’’N 11°43’28.58’’E in San Giorgio locality near Solagna (Vicenza). The cave opens at the base of the limestone cliff overlooking the Putifaia Valley in the South-West of the Monte Grappa massif, sloping down to the Valsugana Valley (Brenta River). Etymology. Named for the eminent entomologist and passionate researcher of cave faunas Riccardo Monguzzi as a gift for his availability and valuable collaboration in this work. Ecology/Phenology. It was collected from the water flow in pit-fall traps for endogean beetles. Reproduction. Probably amphigonic like the other species of this group.Published as part of Bello, Cesare, Osella, Giuseppe & Baviera, Cosimo, 2016, A taxonomic revision of the genus Baldorhynchus (Di Marco & Osella, 2002) stat. n. (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae), pp. 1-101 in Zootaxa 4070 (1) on page 53, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4070.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/105442
Bordoniola minima Baviera, Bellò & Osella, 2012, sp. n.
No full textBordoniola minima sp. n. (Figs. 5, 5 A, 6, 6A) Type locality. Ecuador, Pichincha, Nanegalito. (Fig. 10) Diagnosis. Small size body (1.05–1.10 mm), elongate, light-brown, shiny. Rostrum dorsally smooth throughout. Pronotum with spaced, round punctures. Protibia with external teeth. Elytra with second and third intervals not or just slightly more raised than striae. Type series. Holotype male (OSL) with the following labels: [transparent label with genitalia in DHMF]; "♂" [white, printed]; “ Ecu, Pichincha, Nanegalito 2220 m ”, 11 VIII ‘08” [white, printed]; “ N 00° 0 0. 207 ’–W 078° 35. 450 ’ “ [white, printed]; “ Ecuador 2008, legg. Baviera, Bellò, Osella & Pogliano” [white, printed]; "coll. Cesare Bellò" [green, printed]; " Bordoniola minima sp. n., Holotypus, det. Osella 2011 " [red, printed]; “foto Bellò 2011 ”[yellow, hand-written]. Paratypes: 2 males and 6 females, “ Ecu, Pichincha, Nanegalito 2220 m, 11 VIII ‘08, N 00° 00’ 2 07”– W 078° 35 ’ 450 ”, legg. Baviera, Bellò, Osella & Pogliano (BAV, BEL, OSL). Types are 9 (2 males and 7 females), genitalia of 3 (2 males and 1 female) were studied. Holotype male: Length: 1.05 mm. Body sub-cylindrical with shining tegument (especially the rostrum), light brown, with sparse inconspicuous short, erect, bristles placed mainly at the sides. Rostrum sub-parallel, smooth dorsally, not separated from head, slightly curved beyond midlength, shining between head and antennae. Antennae rather long, scape gradually thickened; funicle with first article about twice longer than wide and more robust than the remaining articles, articles two to six sub-spherical, seventh slightly larger than sixth, club large, oval, bristly, about the same as the last four articles of the funicle. Head conical, shining. Pronotum, subcylindrical, longer (0.30 mm) than wide (0.22 mm), with the greatest width at about midlength, narrowed at both ends, with round punctures irregularly arranged. Scutellum absent. Elytra sub-parallel along the sides, almost twice as long (0.52 mm) as wide (0.28 mm), with humeri present, elytral suture visible, slightly convex, intervals two and three flat (or third interval just perceptibly more elevated) with round spots on the disk, back vanished. Legs short and sturdy, profemora widened, notched on the outer edge, hollow on the inside, protibia slightly serrate on the outer side to form a single ridge often encrusted with soil. Claws free. Procoxae separated at the base; sternites III–IV wide (III larger than IV), sternite VII smooth and flat. Aedeagus as in Figure 5 A. Paratypes: The paratypes are almost indistinguishable from the type and variability is limited to more or less evidence of sutures and punctuation of the third elytral interval. In some specimens, the punctures of the rostrum are not entirely absent, and the spaces between the punctures of the pronotum are not always perfectly smooth. Spermatheca as in Figure 6 A. Distribution. Known only from the type locality. Etymology. The proposed name relates to the particularly small size of this species. Comparative notes. Based upon the round punctures of the pronotum, the species is close to B. relicta n. sp. and B. simillima n. sp., from which it differs by its smaller size, the pronotum with more widely spaced punctures, the rostrum dorsally smooth throughout its length, the elytra with intervals not, or just, more elevated than striae two and three, the smaller punctures and the shorter bristles. A number of similarities are shared with B. simillima n. sp., (see discussion of this species), from which it differs in the characters shown in the table. Ecology. Specimens of this species were collected by screening the litter, in a partially deforested area at the north edges of the "Bosque Nublado". Specimens were collected in conjunction with many specimens of humid forest soil Coleoptera (e.g., Staphilinidae, Scydmaenidae, Curculionidae).Published as part of Baviera, Cosimo, Bellò, Cesare & Osella, Giuseppe, 2012, First record of the genus Bordoniola Osella, 1987 in Ecuador with description of five new species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Raymondionyminae), pp. 69-80 in Zootaxa 3455 on pages 71-72, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.28219
Baldorhynchus magasaensis Bello & Osella 2016, sp. n.
No full textBaldorhynchus magasaensis Bellò & Osella sp. n. (Figures 23, 23a, 23b, 23c, 23d, 23e, 23f, 50, 76, 112) Type locality. “Prefond del Gas, 264 Lo, 1140 m, Magasa, Brescia”. Diagnosis. A Baldorhynchus of medium size belonging to the B. ferrarii group. Within the species group it is recognisable by the reddish oval elytra (brown in the other species), the elongate rostrum with dense goldenyellowish pubescence covering the same. Punctation of the pronotum rather small, dense, and deep, regularly scattered. Elytral punctation slightly coarse, regularly aligned, strongly impressed and isodiametric.Total length: 4.20–4.35 mm. Elytra with length/width ratio 1.78–1.81. Pronotum length 0.90–0.95 mm with length/width ratio 1.12–1.15. Type series. Holotype male: [transparent label with genitalia] // ♂ [white, printed] // " Lombardia (BS), Prefond del Gas, Magasa, 12. VII. [20]03, Leg. Grottolo” [white, printed] // " Baldorhynchus magasaensis sp. n., Holotype, det. Bellò & Osella, 2015" [red, printed] (GOS). Types are only male holotype and genitalia were examined. Other material. "Valvestino (BS), Magasa, 1000 m, 29.VI.1979, leg. Monguzzi" (RMO): one female determined cf. Baldorhynchus magasaensis; “Judicarien, Süd-Tirol, Cima Tombea // Sammlung Stöcklein” [white, printed and hand-written] (NHMB): one female with very evident eyes determined cf. Baldorhynchus magasaensis . Holotype. Male. Total length: 4.35 mm. Rostrum elongate and covered by by dense golden-yellowish pubescence; less twice longer than the head; dorsum convex; mesorostrum little gibbous. Antenna elongate with long, semi-erect, thin setae; scape clavate and more robust than funicle. Scape length: 1.00 mm; funicle length: 0.90 mm. Scape length/funicle length ratio: 1.11. Funicle with club ratios as follows: 11: 7: 5: 6: 5: 6: 6: 27 (club); fusiform club with first segment strongly flat, longest of last five funicle segments, less twice wider than funicle. Head smooth on disc, short, conical. Supraorbital area covered by pubescence. Vertex width / mesorostrum width: ratio 1.66. Vestigial eyes present, barely visible, partially covered by golden-yellowish pubescence. Pronotum (length: 0.95 mm, width: 0.85 mm, ratio: 1.12) sub-cylindrical, sinuate at the base, almost as wide as long, wider in the anterior quarter; long erect seta inserted in center of hole; punctation deep, isodiametric but of the different widths, almost uniformly arranged; little smooth central area on disc. Scutellum small, excavated, triangular. Elytra convex, oval with elevated suture (length: 2.40 mm, width: 1.33 mm, ratio: 1.81), strongly rounded on sides, widest at middle. Striae punctation is deep, isodiametric and same widths on elitral disc, with a minute and long seta; interspaces between strial punctation regular and less wide hole. Interstriae as wide as striae, flat, smooth with sparse, long and erect setae. Legs thin and elongate, with rather long golden setae. Femora clubbed and edentate. Tibiae with five/six little evident tooth-like tubercles on inner edge; protibia slightly curved in side view, metatibia and mesotibia straight. Penis lengthened, sub-parallel seen from above and regularly and moderately curved in lateral view; tegmen little sclerotized; small genital armature; penis apex as in Fig. 23f. Distribution. See Fig. 130. Italian endemic. Known only from “Prefond del Gas” cave at 1140 meters of elevation in Valvestino Valley locality near Magasa (Brescia). Etymology. Named after Magasa, the type locality. Ecology/Phenology. Grottolo (in litteris, 2014) reports this species in the cave "Prefond del Gas" at 1140 meters of elevation: 45°46’55.40’’N 10°36’41.49’’E, together with B. magasaensis sp. n., and the following species of Coleoptera: Laemostenus (Antisphodrus) reissi reissi Ganglbauer (1911), Boldoriella monguzzi inflata Monzini (2005), Stomis rostratus schzmayri Monzini e Pesarini (1986), Boldoria glacialis filicornis Vailati (1979) e Boldoria vestae vestae Ghidini (1936). Reproduction. Amphigonic.Published as part of Bello, Cesare, Osella, Giuseppe & Baviera, Cosimo, 2016, A taxonomic revision of the genus Baldorhynchus (Di Marco & Osella, 2002) stat. n. (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae), pp. 1-101 in Zootaxa 4070 (1) on pages 60-62, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4070.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/105442
Solariola forbixi Bello' & Osella & Baviera 2019, sp.n.
No full textSolariola forbixi Bellò, Osella & Baviera sp.n. (Figs 6, 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 6e, 44f, 52, 52 ’, 95, 138, 181) http://zoobank.org/ urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 00EAEAED-1604-4A5C-8D55-9AB6CDAA0CBF Type locality. Sicily, Palermo, Sicani Mountains, Ficuzza Wood, 800m (Fig. 232). Diagnosis. A medium or large size Solariola (TL: 3.15–3.60 mm; BL: 2.80–3.05 mm) belonging to the doderoi group with quite slender body shape. Within the species group, it is easily recognisable by red-brownish cuticle, elytra less slender and pronotum as long as wide. Rostrum elongate (RL: 0.55–0.60 mm, RW: 0.40– 0.40 mm, RL/ RW: 1.38–1.50). Mesorostrum carinae parallel to sides. Forehead convex (FW/MW: ratio 2.40–2.50). Mesorostrum and submentum with thick and elongate pappolepida. Antennae quite elongate and thin (SL: 0.70–0.75 mm, FL: 0.95–1.05 mm, SL/FL: 0.71–0.74). Pronotum as long as wide (PL: 0.70–0.80 mm, PW: 0.70–0.80 mm, PL/PW: 1.00–1.00) with few echinopappolepida at base. Elytra sub-oval to sides, dorsally vaulted (EL: 2.05–2.20 mm, EW: 1.08–1.18 mm, EL/EW: 1.86–1.90). Type series. Holotype male with following labels: [genitalia in DHMF] [transparent label] / ♂ [w, p] / Sicilia, Palermo, Sicani, Ficuzza 4, 700m, v. Q [uercus] ilex & Q [uercus] suber 4. III. 2013, Leg. Baviera C[osimo] [w, p] / N37°53.173’ E13°23.796’ [w, p] / Solariola ruffoi Osella & Di Marco, 1996, det. Baviera 2017 [w, p] / collezione Cesare Bellò, Castelfranco Veneto [g, p] / Solariola forbixi det. Bellò, Osella & Baviera, 2018 Holotype [r, p] / esemplare fotografato by Francesco Sacco [y, p] (MCIZ). Paratypes. Seven specimens (2 males and 5 females) with following labels: Sicilia, Palermo, Sicani, Ficuzza 4, 700m, v. Q. ilex & Q. suber, 4. III. 2013, Leg. Baviera C. / N37°53.173’ E13°23.796’ / Solariola ruffoi Osella & Di Marco, 1996, det Baviera 2017 / collezione Cesare Bellò, Castelfranco Veneto / Solariola forbixi det Bellò, Osella & Baviera, 2018 paratype (CBA, CBE, LFO); Sicilia, Palermo, Godrano, Ficuzza, 790m, vaglio, 37°53.159’N 13°23.797’E 18.XI.2018, Bellò & Baviera leg. / collezione Cesare Bellò, Castelfranco Veneto / Solariola forbixi det Bellò, Osella & Baviera, 2018 paratype (CBE). Holotype description. Male. See Figs 6, 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 6e. Quite stubby body (TL: 3.60 mm and BL: 3.05 mm). Red-brownish cuticle. Rostrum elongate (RL: 0.60 mm, RW: 0.40 mm, RL/RW: 1.50), conical to sides with expanded pterygium. Epistome absent. Mesorostrum carinae parallel to sides. Submentum covered by yellowish pappolepida, also partially visible around mesorostrum. Interocular pit visible. Forehead convex (FW/MW: ratio 2.40). Vestigial eyes flat and just visible. Antennae thin and elongate (SL: 0.75 mm, FL: 1.05 mm, SL/FL: 0.71); AS ratio: 10.10.5.5.4.3.3.13. Scape clubbed, more robust than funicle, curved at proximal third and progressively thickening towards apex. Funicle long and quite thin; all antennal segments with thin setae. Club three-segmented, elongate-oval, in length twice the width, densely covered by thin setae. Pronotum as long as wide (PL: 0.80 mm, PW: 0.80 mm, PL/PW: 1.00), wider at the front and with echinopappolepida at base. Scutellum visible. Elytra oblong elongate, rounded to sides, dorsally vaulted (EL: 2.20 mm, EW: 1.18 mm, EL/EW: 1.86), wider at middle with convex suture. Humeri rounded. Striae with 15–16 evident punctures, catenulate, deep. Interstriae little convex with thin setae raised and short. Elytral declivity> 60 degrees. Legs quite short and robust with femora clubbed. Protibia with seven spines on inner edge and an evident mucro on inner apical angle. Protibia quite sinuous on inner edge and slightly curved in side view. Metatibia and mesotibia straight in side view. All tibia with noticeable apical comb.Tarsal segment 1 short, conical; segment 2 short and transverse; segment 3 very bilobed; all segments with thin golden setae. Onychium curved, robust and short with one short claw. Male genitalia. See Figs: dorsal shape aedeagus Fig. 52; apex of penis Fig. 52 ’; IX sternite Fig. 95. Female genitalia. See Figs: spermatheca Fig. 138; VIII sternite Fig. 181. Sexual dimorphism. Males can usually be recognized by their smaller size, slender appearance, more rounded humeri, legs stronger with a more noticeable apical mucro, and ventrites 1 and 2 slightly hollowed. Paratypes variability. Paratypes are similar to the holotype, sexual dimorphism excluded. Distribution. See Figs. 221, 221a. Sicilian endemic. Known only from Palermo, Sicani Mountains, Ficuzza forest around 700 meters of elevation. Etymology. Named after the passionate naturalist and weevils specialist, Forbicioni Leonardo (Forbix = nickname) as a gift for his availability, valuable collaboration and friendship. Ecology and Phenology. S. forbixi specimens were collected by Winkler extractors from soil obtained sifting the leaf litter on sandy soil, of a Quercus ilex forest in March, at elevation of 700 m. Main soil type. Chromic Cambisol (European Soil Data Centre; Panagos et al. 2012). Reproduction. Amphigonic. Associated species. Sympatric with Heteromeira neapolitana (Faust, 1890).Published as part of Bello', Cesare, Osella, Giuseppe & Baviera, Cosimo, 2019, A taxonomic monograph of the genus Solariola Flach, 1908 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae), pp. 1-261 in Zootaxa 4676 (1) on pages 46-50, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4676.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/346894
Baldorhynchus tedeschii Bello & Osella 2016, sp. n.
No full textBaldorhynchus tedeschii Bellò & Osella sp. n. (Figures 15, 15a, 15b, 15c, 15e, 15f, 89, 106) Troglorhynchus prope brixiensis Osella, 1983: 121, 123. Type locality. “Tampa del Ranzù, N° 3 Lo, 670 m, Dosso Ranzone, Concesio, Brescia” (Fig. 139). Diagnosis. A Baldorhynchus of medium size belonging to the B. blesioi group with elytra ogival or elongateoval. Within the species group, it is recognisable by the sub-ogival elongate elytra with ten striae, punctation of the integuments small, pronotum with the maximum width in the middle and evident scutellum. Punctation of the pronotum small, ordered, strongly sparse and deep. Punctation of the eytra small slightly aligned, feebly impressed and isodiametric. Total length: 4.25–4.45 mm. Elytra with length/width ratio 2.00–2.04. Pronotum length 0.85– 0.95 mm with length/width ratio 1.13–1.15. Type series. Holotype female: [transparent label with genitalia] // ♀ [white, printed] // "IT, Lombardia, Concesio, BS, Tampa del Ranzù, N° 3 Lo, 8 II [20]’14, leg. Bodei e Grottolo” [white, printed] // " Baldorhynchus tedeschii sp. n., Holotype, det. Bellò & Osella, 2015" [red, printed] (GOS). Paratypes: "Concesio, BS, Tampa del Ranzù, N° 3 Lo, 14 III [19] ’85, leg. M. Grottolo” (MGR), 1 female; "I, Lombardia, Concesio, BS, Tampa del Ranzù, N° 3 Lo, 4 III 2013, leg. D. Vailati” (DVA), 1 female". Types are three females. All genitalia were examined. Other material. "IT, Lombardia, Concesio, BS, Tampa del Ranzù, N ° 3 Lo, 8 II [20]’14, leg. Bodei e Grottolo ” (CBE), one female (abdomen); " Lombardia, Brescia, Concesio, m.te Palosso, Tampa del Ranzù, N° 3 Lo, 30 V 1976, leg. D. Vailati ” (GOS), three females (abdomens); "IT, Lombardia, Concesio, BS, Tampa del Ranzù, N° 3 Lo, 2 V 2015, Grottolo leg.” (MGR), two females (abdomens); "I, Brescia, Codolazza, Tampa di Ranzù, 18.3. V [19]81, leg. Kahlen” (TLMF): one female (remains). Holotype. Female. Total length: 4.35 mm. Rostrum elongate, about twice longer than the head; dorsum convex; mesorostrum slightly gibbous, convex in the middle with a short keel; a dozen epistomal setae thin, curved, semi-erect. Antenna slender and elongate with long, semi-erect, thin setae; scape clavate and as robust as funicle. Scape length: 0.90 mm; funicle length: 1.00 mm. Scape length/funicle length ratio: 0.90. Funicle with club ratios as follows: 12: 8: 5: 7: 4: 6: 4: 26 (club); fusiform club with first segment flat, longest of last five funicle segments, at least twice wider than funicle. Head smooth on disc, short, conical. Supraorbital area with dense golden-yellowish pubescence. Vertex width/mesorostrum width: ratio 1.80. Vestigial eyes present, partially covered by golden-yellowish pubescence. Pronotum (length: 0.90 mm, width: 0.78 mm, ratio: 1.15) subcylindrical, sinuate at the base, longer than wide, with maximum width in the middle; short golden erect seta inserted in center of hole; punctation deep, isodiametric and of different widths, uniformly arranged; smooth and shining central area on disc. Scutellum large, excavated, triangular. Elytra convex, elongate with high suture (length: 2.65 mm, width: 1.30 mm, ratio: 2.04), very rounded on sides, widest at basal third and strongly ogive-shaped on declivity. Punctation striae superficial, isodiametric and of the same widths, without setae; interspaces between strial punctation regular and wider than hole. Interstriae wider than striae, flat, smooth with sparse, long and erect setae. Legs thin and elongate, with rather long golden setae. Femora clubbed and edentate. Tibiae with six tooth-like tubercles on inner edge; protibia slightly curved in side view, metatibia and mesotibia straight. Sternite VIII with sides sub-parallel of lamina and with apical margin fused. Spermatheca with cornu developed and ramus and nodulus almost inconspicuous (Fig. 89). Ovipositor weakly sclerotized, gonocoxites tapered, with short styli and several more or less long setae. Variation. All paratypes are similar to the holotype but differ in size. Distribution. See Fig. 129. Italian endemic. Known only from “Tampa del Ranzù” cave at 670 meters of elevation: 45°37’25.43’’N 10°13’26.00’’E on Palosso Mount near Concesio (Brescia). Etymology. Named for the entomologist Michele Tedeschi from Milan as a gift for his companionship. Ecology/Phenology. Interestingly, the specimens were found in the cave along with Baldorhynchus cohabitator, among hanging roots from the ceiling in the first tunnel of the cave (Osella, 1983). The cave opens in limestone of the upper Jurassic (Tithonian—Aptian). It is a horizontal cave with clay soil, 78 meters long (Grottolo in litteris, 2015). Inside it has been reported (Boldori, 1969; Grottolo & Martinelli, 1990; Vailati, 1988) the presence of the following species: Pachydrilus pagenstecheri Ratzel (Enchytraeida), Troglohyphantes ghidinii Lessert (Araneae), Androniscus dentiger calcivagus Verhoeff (Isopoda), Trichoniscus mancinii Brian (Isopoda), Brachydesmus superus Latz. (Myriapoda), Nematophora gen. et sp. (Myriapoda), Polysmus edentulus Koch (Myriapoda), Polymicron latzeli italicum Manfredi (Myriapoda), Heteromurus nitidus Templeton (Collembola), Troglophilus cavicola Kollar (Orthoptera), Mesophylax aspersus Ramb. (Trichoptera), Microptera fissa Mc Lachlan (Trichoptera), Stenophylax permistus Mc Lachlan (Trichoptera), Bolitophila cinerea Meig. (Diptera), Heteromyella atricornis Meig. (Diptera), Limnobia nubeculosa Meig. (Diptera), Rhymosia sp. (Diptera), Allegrettia boldorii Jeannel (Coleoptera), Antisphodrus reissi boldorii Dodero (Coleoptera), Trechus quadristriatus Schr. (Coleoptera), Boldoria aculeata Jeannel (locus classicus) (Coleoptera), Aegopis gemonensis Férussac (Pulmonata). Reproduction. Probably parthenogenetic. Species known only from three females.Published as part of Bello, Cesare, Osella, Giuseppe & Baviera, Cosimo, 2016, A taxonomic revision of the genus Baldorhynchus (Di Marco & Osella, 2002) stat. n. (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae), pp. 1-101 in Zootaxa 4070 (1) on pages 46-47, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4070.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/105442
Baldorhynchus ruzzieri Bello & Osella 2016, sp. n.
No full textBaldorhynchus ruzzieri Bellò & Osella sp. n. (Figures. 6, 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 6e, 6f, 53, 86, 97) Type locality. “Malga Zovel, 1000 m, Monte Baldo, Verona” (Fig. 140). Diagnosis. A Baldorhynchus of medium size belonging to the B. baldensis group with elytra elongate-oval. Within the species group, it is recognizable for the short, robust legs and for the strongly gibbous pronotum (subesagonal, with sub-parallel lateral sides, at least in its basal part). Punctation of the pronotum small or coarse, irregularly scattered, sparse and strongly impressed. Punctation of the elytra small, irregularly aligned, slightly impressed. Total length: 4.50–4.90 mm. Elytra with length/width ratio 1.81–1.91 Pronotum length 1.20–1.30 mm with length/width ratio 1.22–1.25 Type series. Holotype male: [transparent label with genitalia] // "♂"[white, printed] // "Veneto, VR, Brenzone, m.[on]te Baldo, Malga Zovel, 0 5 VIII 2009 ” [white, printed] // “m. 1000, vaglio lettiera Fagus sp., legg. Caoduro & Ruzzier" [white, printed] // “Collezione Cesare Bellò” [green, printed] // " Baldorhynchus ruzzieri sp. n., Holotype, det. Bellò & Osella, 2015" [red, printed] (GOS). Paratype. " Monte Baldo (VR), Val Trovaj, mt.1200, 45°41’46.97’’N, 10°47’46.30’’E, 17.V.2010, Leg. Sette ” (MSNV, coll. Sette): one male. Types are two males. All genitalia were examined. Other material. Veneto, “Verona (Brenzone), S. Antonio Pontare, Grotta Soala, 80V. VR, 725 m, 8 V 1988, leg Caoduro” (GOS): one female (abdomen), Baldorhynchus cf. ruzzieri det. Bellò & Osella, 2015. Geographical coordinates of locality “Grotta Soala” cave: 45°41’56.00’’N 10°46’47.00’’E Holotype. Male. Total length: 4.90 mm. Rostrum elongate and partially covered by dense grey pubescence; less than twice longer than the head; dorsum convex; mesorostrum slightly gibbous and without keel; a dozen epistomal setae thin, curved, semi-erect. Antenna slender and elongate with long, semi-erect, thin setae; scape clavate and more robust than funicle. Scape length: 0.95 mm; funicle length: 1.00 mm. Scape length/funicle length ratio: 0.95. Funicle segments ratios as follows: 11: 8: 5: 6: 5: 7: 5: 26 (club); fusiform club with first segment flat, shorter than five last funicle segments, at least twice wider than funicle. Head smooth on disc, short, conical. Supraorbital area covered by dense grey pubescence. Vertex width / mesorostrum width: ratio 1.67. Vestigial eyes present, barely visible, partially covered by grey pubescence. Pronotum (length: 1.30 mm, width: 1.04 mm, ratio: 1.25) sub-exagonal, strongly gibbous, sinuate at the base, wider in anterior third; short golden erect seta inserted in center of hole; punctation deep, isodiametric but of the different widths and not uniformly arranged; smooth little central area on disc. Scutellum small and inconspicuous. Elytra convex, elongate-oval with flat suture (length: 2.68 mm, width: 1.40 mm, ratio: 1.91), strongly rounded on sides, wider at basal third and ogive-shaped on declivity. Punctation of striae not deep, isodiametric but of different widths, only some with a minute and long seta; interspaces between strial punctation regular and less wide than hole. Interstriae as wide as striae, flat, smooth with sparse, long and erect setae. Legs robust and little elongate, with rather long golden setae. Femora clubbed and edentate. Tibiae with five tooth-like tubercles on inner edge; protibia slightly curved in side view, mesotibia and metatibia straight. Penis lengthened, sub-parallel seen from above and regularly and moderately curved in lateral view; tegmen sclerotized; small genital armature; penis apex as in Fig. 5f. Variation. Holotype has punctation of pronotum less deep than paratype. Female. Not known. Distribution. See Fig. 128. Italian endemic. Known only from the Western side of Mount Baldo from 1000 to 1200 meters above sea level. “Malga Zovel” cave is at 1000 meters of elevation: 45°42’23.96’’N 10°47’35.46’’E. Etymology. Named by our friend and colleague Enrico Ruzzier who collected the holotype and actively participated in annual research on Mount Baldo. Ecology/Phenology. The holotype of B. ruzzieri was collected while sifting the litter of a Fagus forest below Malga Zovel. The paratype specimen was sifted from the litter at the foot of a Fagus tree in Trovaj valley. Reproduction. Amphigonic.Published as part of Bello, Cesare, Osella, Giuseppe & Baviera, Cosimo, 2016, A taxonomic revision of the genus Baldorhynchus (Di Marco & Osella, 2002) stat. n. (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae), pp. 1-101 in Zootaxa 4070 (1) on pages 26-28, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4070.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/105442
Baldorhynchus branchianus Bello & Osella 2016, sp. n.
No full text<i>Baldorhynchus branchianus</i> Bellò & Osella sp. n. <p>(Figures 33, 33a, 33b, 33c, 33d, 33e, 33f, 63, 122)</p> <p> <b>Type locality.</b> “Camorelli, 1210 m, Rogno, Bergamo” (Fig. 138).</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> A <i>Baldorhynchus</i> species of large size and oval shape belonging to the <i>B. moczarskii</i> group. Within the species group, it is distinguished by elytra sub-ovate, integument reddish-brown and disc of the pronotum plan and shiny. Punctation on the pronotum small, sparse and deep. Elytral punctution small, isodiametric, sparse, deep and perfectly aligned. Total length: 4.95–5.20 mm. Elytra with length/width ratio 1.93– 2.00. Pronotum length 1.00– 1.10 mm with length/width ratio 1.13–1.20.</p> <p> <b>Type series.</b> Holotype, female: [transparent label with genitalia] // ♀ [white, printed] // " Lombardia, BG [Bergamo], Rogno, 1210 m, Miniera sotto Camorelli, 26 X 2014, leg. Pedersoli D. " [white, printed] // " <i>Baldorhynchus branchianus</i> sp. n., Holotype, det. Bellò & Osella, 2015" [red, printed] (GOS).</p> <p> <i>Paratypes</i>: " Lombardia, BG [Bergamo], Rogno, 1210 m, Miniera sotto Camorelli, 26 X 2014, leg. Pedersoli D." (MGR): one female; "IT, Lombardia, BG [Bergamo], Rogno, 1210 m, Miniera sotto Camorelli, 19 X 2014, leg. Pedersoli D." (CBE, DPE): two females; "IT, Lombardia, BG [Bergamo], Rogno, 1210 m, Miniera sotto Camorelli, 19 X 2014, leg. Pedersoli D." (CBE, GOS, MGR): 18 females (abdomens); "IT, Lombardia, BG [Bergamo], Rogno, 1210 m, Miniera sotto Camorelli, 31 I 2015, leg. Pedersoli D." (MGR): one female; "IT, Lombardia, BG [Bergamo], Rogno, Miniera sotto Camorelli, 29 VII 2015, D. Pedersoli legit" (CBE, MGR): two females. Types are twenty-five females and genitalia of seven of them were examined.</p> <p> <i>Other material.</i> "IT, Lombardia, BG [Bergamo], Rogno, 1210 m, Miniera sotto Camorelli, 19 X 2014, leg. Pedersoli D. " (CBE): four females (remains).</p> <p> <b>Holotype.</b> Female. Total length: 4.95 mm. Rostrum elongate and covered by dense golden-yellowish pubescence, about twice longer than the head; dorsum convex; mesorostrum rather gibbous; about ten epistomal setae thin, curved, semi-erect. Antenna elongate with long, semi-erect, thin setae; scape clavate and thin as funicle. Scape length: 1.00 mm; funicle length: 1.05 mm. Scape length/funicle length ratio: 0.95. Funicle with club ratios as follows: 13: 9: 6: 8: 5: 6: 5: 29 (club); fusiform club with first segment flat, shorter than last five funicle segments, at least twice wider than funicle. Head smooth on disc, short, conical. Supraorbital area partially covered by dense golden-yellowish pubescence. Vertex width / mesorostrum width: ratio 2.00. Vestigial eyes present, barely visible, covered by dense golden-yellowish pubescence. Pronotum (length: 1.00 mm, width: 0.88 mm, ratio: 1.13) subcylindrical, sinuate at the base, wider in the middle; short golden erect seta inserted in center of hole; deep punctation of different widths and uniformly arranged; smooth little central and longitudinal area on disc. Scutellum small, slightly excavated, triangular. Elytra convex, sub-oval with high suture (length: 2.90 mm, width: 1.50 mm, ratio: 1.93), strongly rounded on sides, widest on basal third and oval shaped on declivity.. Punctation of striae deep, isodiametric, only some with a minute and short seta; interspaces between strial punctation regular and wider than hole. Interstriae more or less as striae, flat, smooth with sparse, short and erect setae.</p> <p>Legs thin and elongate, with rather long golden setae. Femora clubbed and edentate. Tibiae with seven toothlike tubercles on inner edge; protibia slightly curved in side view, metatibia and mesotibia straight.</p> <p>Spiculum ventrale sub-parallel sides of lamina with apical margin fused. Spermatheca with cornu developed, ramus and nodulus inconspicuous (Fig. 63). Ovipositor weakly sclerotized, gonocoxites tapered, with short styli and several more or less long setae.</p> <p> <b>Male.</b> Not known.</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> See Fig. 132. Italian endemic. Known only from an old iron mine “Miniera sotto Camorelli” old mine at 1210 meters of elevation: 45°51’19.58’’N 10°6’6.34’’E in Camorelli near Rogno (Bergamo).</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> Named after Giancarlo Branchi, passionate of minerals, as a gift for the valuable information about the location of several old mines.</p> <p> <b>Ecology/Phenology.</b> The specimens were found in an old mine at 1210 meters of elevation. <i>B. branchianus</i> confirms a wider spread of the <i>B. moczarskii-</i> group even at higher elevations in the Orobian Pre-Alps, as observed for <i>B. baldensis</i> on Monte Baldo.</p> <p> <b>Reproduction.</b> Parthenogenetic.</p>Published as part of <i>Bello, Cesare, Osella, Giuseppe & Baviera, Cosimo, 2016, A taxonomic revision of the genus Baldorhynchus (Di Marco & Osella, 2002) stat. n. (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae), pp. 1-101 in Zootaxa 4070 (1)</i> on pages 78-80, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4070.1.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/1054428">http://zenodo.org/record/1054428</a>
Baldorhynchus pivai Bello & Osella 2016, sp. n.
No full textBaldorhynchus pivai Bellò & Osella sp. n. (Figures 24, 24a, 24b, 24c, 24d, 24e, 24f, 52, 84, 113) Type locality: “Grotta del Covoletto (39 V /VI), 316 m, Monti Lessini, Cornedo, Vicenza”. Diagnosis. A Baldorhynchus of medium size belonging to the B. ferrarii group. Within the species group, it is easily recognisable to be the largest species with robust legs and strongly clubbed femora. Punctation of pronotum small, irregularly arranged, isodiametric, not deep but dense. Punctation of the elytra small, isodiametric, not deep and regularly aligned. Total length: 4.40–4.90 mm. Elytra with length/width ratio 1.80–1.80. Pronotum length 1.00– 1.15 mm with length/width ratio 1.14–1.15. Type series. Holotype male: [transparent label with genitalia] // ♂ [white, printed] // “468, Veneto, Monti Lessini, Cornedo (VI)” [white, hand-written] // “468, Grotta del Covoletto (39 V /VI), 330 m ” [white, hand-written] // “ 23.X.1984, E. Piva leg.” [white, hand-written] // “ Otiorhynchus (Baldorhynchus) adrianoi —E. Colonnelli det. 2010” [white, hand-written and printed] // " Baldorhynchus pivai sp. n., Holotype, det. Bellò & Osella, 2015" [red, printed] (GOS). Paratypes: “Veneto, Monti Lessini, Cornedo (VI), Grotta del Covoletto (39 V /VI) 330 m, 23.X.1984, E. Piva leg.” (CBE): one male and two females; “Veneto, Monti Lessini, Cornedo (VI), Grotta del Covoletto (39 V /VI) 330 m, 23.X.1984, E. Piva leg.” (CBE): two females (abdomen + abdomen with pronotum); “Veneto, Monti Lessini, Cornedo (VI), Grotta del Covoletto (39 V /VI) 330 m, 23.X.1984, I. Ferrari leg.” (CBE): one male (abdomen). Types are seven specimens (three males and four females). Genitalia of five (two males and two females) were examined. Holotype. Male. Total length: 4.90 mm. Rostrum elongate and covered by not dense grey pubescence; less twice longer than the head; dorsum convex; mesorostrum little gibbous. Antenna elongate with long, semi-erect, thin setae; scape clavate and more robust than funicle. Scape length: 1.10 mm; funicle length: 1.00 mm. Scape length/funicle length ratio: 1.10. Funicle with club ratios as follows: 12: 8: 5: 6: 5: 7: 6: 30 (club); fusiform club with first segment flat, less long than the last five funicle segments, less twice wider than funicle. Head smooth on disc, short, conical. Supraorbital area partially covered by pubescence. Vertex width / mesorostrum width: ratio 1.66. Vestigial eyes present, visible, not covered by pubescence. Pronotum (length: 1.15 mm, width: 1.00 mm, ratio: 1.15) sub-cylindrical, sinuate at the base, wider in the anterior third; short erect seta inserted in center of hole; punctation small, irregularly arranged, isodiametric but of the different widths, not deep but dense; little smooth central area on disc. Scutellum small, visible. Elytra convex, oval with little elevated suture (length: 2.70 mm, width: 1.50 mm, ratio: 1.80), strongly rounded on sides, widest at middle. Striae punctation is not small, not deep, isodiametric but regularly aligned, with a minute and long seta; interspaces between strial punctation regular and less wide hole. Interstriae as wide as striae, flat, smooth with sparse, long and erect setae. Legs robust and not elongate, with rather long golden setae. Femora strongly clubbed and edentate. Tibiae with six/seven little evident tooth-like tubercles on inner edge; protibia slightly curved in side view, metatibia and mesotibia straight. Penis lengthened, sub-parallel seen from above and regularly and moderately curved in lateral view; tegmen little sclerotized; penis apex as in Fig. 24f. Distribution. See Fig. 130. Italian endemic. Known from “Grotta of Covoletto” cave at 316 meters of elevation: 45°37’0.5’’N 11°22’21.7’’E at Cornedo Vicentino, in the eastern foothills of the Lessini Mountains. Etymology. Named after our collegue Erminio Piva, eminent Carabidae specialist, whose research on the endogean fauna of the Lessini Mountains made the discovery of this and other, interesting species possible. Ecology/Phenology. One specimen bears on a transparent label a parasitic mite. Piva (in litteris, 2015) reports in the cave "Grotta of Covoletto" the presence, toghether with B. anachoreta sp. n., of the following species of Coleoptera: Carabidae Sphodrinae, Laemostenus (Antisphodrus) schreibersi (Küster, 1846); Carabidae Trechinae, Orotrechus vicentinus vicentinus (Gestro, 1907) and Orotrechus pominii Tamanini, 1953; Cholevidae Leptodirinae, Neobathyscia fabianii (Dodero, 1904) and Lessiniella trevisioli Pavan, 1941. Reproduction. Amphigonic.Published as part of Bello, Cesare, Osella, Giuseppe & Baviera, Cosimo, 2016, A taxonomic revision of the genus Baldorhynchus (Di Marco & Osella, 2002) stat. n. (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae), pp. 1-101 in Zootaxa 4070 (1) on pages 62-64, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4070.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/105442
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