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Pseudomeira alonsoi Pierotti & Bello
No full textPseudomeira alonsoi Pierotti & Bellò (Figs. 24a–b, 52a, 73) Pseudomeira alonsoi Pierotti & Bellò, 1994: 290; Pierotti & Bellò, 1998: 106; Gurrea Sanz & Sanz Benito, 2000: 258; Alonso-Zarazaga, 2002: 24. Diagnosis. Species of medium to small size (3.5–5.8 mm), very similar to P. gougeletii but easily distinguished from it, apart from the characters in the key also by the rostrum being longer than wide, the less robust funicle, the more elongate and convex eyes and the different outline of the pre-apical part of the aedeagus. Apex of aedeagus as in Fig. 24a, endophallic structures as in Fig. 24b; spermatheca as in Fig. 52a. Specimens from the province of Sevilla have a shorter rostrum with subparallel sides and a more robust funicle. Distribution. Iberian endemite: southern Spain (Andalusia) (type locality: Córdoba: Valenzuela). Spanish literature records. Córdoba: Valenzuela (type loc.). Material examined (Fig. 73). Holotype male, labelled: 1) Cordoba, Valenzuela, 16.5.92, leg. Pierotti; 2) Pseudomeira alonsoi Pierotti & Bellò, holotypus (PIE). Other specimens: Spain: Córdoba: Valenzuela, 16. V.92, leg. Bellò (BEL); do., leg. Pierotti (PIE); Barajuela (MMA). Jaén: carr. Valenzuela-Porcuna, río Salado, 6. V.82, leg. Alonso-Zarazaga (ALZ). Sevilla: Lebrija (BEL, PIE). Biology. Adults have been collected under Malva silvestris L. (Malvaceae).Published as part of Pierotti, Helio, Bellò, Cesare & Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A., 2010, 2376, pp. 1-96 in Zootaxa 2376 on page 2
Meira diottii Pierotti & Fink 2013, n. sp.
No full text<i>Meira diottii</i> n. sp. <p> <b>Type specimens</b>: <b>Holotype</b> ♂: Colle di Capraùna (CN), sent. Madonna della Guardia, m 1490, 27.IX.2010, leg. Pierotti (cHP). <b>Paratypes</b>: 23 ex., ibidem, 27.IX.2010, leg. Pierotti (cGO 1 ex., cMHNG 1 ex., cHP 21 ex.); 6 ex., ibidem, 5.XI.09, leg Diotti (cLD); 5 ex., ibidem, 5.XI.09, leg. Monzini (cLD 4 ex., cHP 1 ex.); 35 ex., ibidem, 27.X.010, leg. Diotti (cLD 30 ex., cHP 5 ex.); 6 ex, ibidem, m 1500, 27.X. 10, leg. Monzini (cLD); 3 exx., Pend. M. Dubasso m 1300 (Alto Cuneo), 20.IX.1994, leg. Gardini & Giusto (cHP). Other specimens examined: Verezzi (SV), M. Caprazoppa, 20.5.90, leg. Pierotti (cHP), leg. Bellò (cCB); ibidem, 11.XI.1973, leg. Bartoli (cHP); ibidem, m 220, 14.XI.1998, leg. Giusto & Farinella (cHP); Borgio Verezzi (SV), 2.I.1994, leg. Bosi (cHP); Toirano dint. (Savona), 28.IV.1994, leg. Giusto (cHP); Bèvera (IM), località Verese, 29.X.05, leg. Diotti (cLD, cHP).</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis</b>. <i>Meira</i> species, habitus short oval, with pterygia hardly prominent, antennae very robust, pronotum hardly transverse, elytra with setae slightly elongate raised or semi-erect.</p> <p> <b>Description.</b> Species of intermediate size as compared with other <i>Meira</i> (2.6-3.4 mm), and overall shape short and ovate (Plate 1, fig. 1). Dorsal vestiture of unicolored dark scales with no metallic shine, rather or hardly imbricate, and rather elongate setae, appressed or reclined on the pronotum (Plate 1, fig. 2), raised or semi-erect on elytra (Plate 1, fig. 3).</p> <p>Rostrum transverse; epistomal keel not present; pterygia hardly prominent; clypeus rather gibbous, sometimes curved at right angle on a longitudinal axis and gradually elevated on the frons.</p> <p>Frons highly transverse, at times with a short longitudinal groove in the middle. Eyes oval, sub-convex. Antennae robust, with funicle articles 3-7 highly transverse, particularly so in females; club slightly wider than funicle, with first article widely cup-shaped.</p> <p>Pronotum transverse, sometimes hardly so, not or only slightly wider at base than at anterior margin, rounded on its sides, with maximum width just beyond half length, disc with densely spaced deep simple punctures.</p> <p>Elytra short, usually hardly rounded on sides, with striae with close spacing of punctures and interstriae narrow, flat to only slightly convex.</p> <p>Legs robust; protibiae almost straight, strongly widened at apex on the external margin; metatibiae with open apical corbels.</p> <p>Penis in lateral view strongly curved towards apex (Plate 2, fig. 4, fig. 8a), in dorsal view gradually narrowing towards apex, then subtriangular or scutiform (Plate 2, fig. 5, fig. 8a), with many sensilla on sides and apex (Plate 2, figs. 8a, 8b); internal sac carrying, together with the genital armature typical of the genus (Plate 2, fig. 6), a pair of additional armatures (Plate 2, fig. 7).</p> <p>Spiculum ventrale sinuous at apex with manubrium elongated. Coxites of the ovipositor narrow but not elongated in the pre-apical region, sometimes converging at apex at the internal margin (Plate 3, fig. 9). Spermatheca with cornus and ramus well developed (Plate 3, fig. 10).</p> <p> <b>Derivation of specific name</b>. Dedicated to our friend and colleague Luciano Diotti.</p> <p> <b>Remarks</b>. The species was collected sieving soil with <i>Lavandula angustifolia</i> Miller, at about 1500m altitude, in bush along the eastward path from the pass and leading to Madonna della Guardia.</p> <p> Electron scanning microscopy (Quanta 200, FEI) revealed the presence of sensilla on the penis (Plate 2, figs. 8a, 8b), earlier observed in various species of Carabidae, Chrysomelidae, Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae, but, to the best of our knowledge, only recently documented for the first time in a weevil (<i>Cleistolophus</i>, sp. Entiminae) by Düngelhoef and Schmitt (2010). The authors suggest that the sensilla might provide the male with information on the position and shape of the female opening during copulation.</p> <p> <b>Comparative notes.</b> <i>Meira diottii</i> differs from <i>Meira stierlini</i> Sainte-Claire Deville, 1906, by its short elytra, its less gibbous clypeus, its unicolored scales and highly elongate form, and from <i>Meira baudii</i> Stierlin 1892 (topotypical specimens from Rome) by its very robust antennae, and from every other <i>Meira</i>, by the supplementary genital armature of the internal sac.</p> <p> This new species shows affinities particularly with a set of specimens from Tuscany considered at this time to be belonging to <i>Meira baudii</i> Stierlin, and with the topotypic specimens of that species (around Rome) and those of <i>Meira stierlini</i> Sainte-Claire Deville (Nice region, La Turbie).</p> <p>The specimens from the Ligurian coast exhibit elytral scales with lighter and irregular spotting, shorter and less raised setae, and supplementary armature of the internal sac of the penis rather different from the topotypical specimens.</p>Published as part of <i>Pierotti, Helio & Fink, Thomas, 2013, New and interesting Peritelini of the Western Mediterranean fauna. XX. A novel Meira (Jacquelin du Val, 1852) species from the Ligurian Alps, pp. 595-598 in Zootaxa 3716 (4)</i> on pages 595-598, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3716.4.8, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/10099593">http://zenodo.org/record/10099593</a>
Pseudoperitelus Pierotti & Bellò & Alonso-Zarazaga 2010
No full textKey to the species of Pseudoperitelus 1 First desmomere ca. twice as long as wide; elytra more or less rounded, setae narrow (Styria, Northern Italy, France,? Catalonia) ........................................................................................................................................................ P. senex - First desmomere ca. 2.5× as long as wide; elytra oval, with more robust setae (south-eastern Spain, Columbrete Grossa, Mallorca).......................................................................................................................................................... 2 2 Pronotum not or very weakly transverse; desmomere 5 transverse; mean size 3.4–4.6 mm (Columbrete Grossa I.).... ........................................................................................................................................................................ P. espanoli - Pronotum markedly transverse; desmomere 5 longer than, or as long as wide; mean size 3.6–5.5 mm (Southern Spain, Mallorca)........................................................................................................................................................... 3 3 Eyes not or hardly prominent beyond genae; elytra elongate, their sides subrectilinear (? Andalusia,? Alicante)...... ................................................................................................................................................................. P. globulicollis - Eyes clearly prominent beyond genae (Fig. 1c); elytra short, their sides rounded (Mallorca) ......................... P. lopeziPublished as part of Pierotti, Helio, Bellò, Cesare & Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A., 2010, 2376, pp. 1-96 in Zootaxa 2376 on page 4
Pseudomeira baetica Pierotti & Bellò & Alonso-Zarazaga 2010, sp. n.
No full textPseudomeira baetica sp. n. (Figs. 1 -Bd, 25a–b, 52b, 73) urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 444EEC91-2D6B-477D-A312-D7CC3EE1E23D Peritelus kiesenwetteri Seidlitz sensu Roudier, 1958a: 53. Diagnosis. Species of medium size (5.4–6.2 mm), distinguished from P. kiesenwetterii, apart from the characters in the key also by the different endophallic structures. Description. Body outline robust, slightly elongate. Dorsal vestiture composed of ochreous scales with weak golden shimmer, imbricate on dorsum, and of short broad setae, appressed on dorsum, elongate on desmomeres, denser and paler on desmomeres 1–4. Rostrum subquadrate, sides almost straight, not or hardly convergent from temples to pterygia, epistome deeply and widely notched, epistomal keel present, pterygia evenly projecting from side margins of rostrum; metarostrum with a short median keel, prorostrum with a deep longitudinal fovea. Frons narrow, with a median fovea usually joined to the prorostral fovea. Eyes small, rounded, flattened. Antennae with scape and funicle robust, desmomere 1 not longer than 2, this shorter than 3+4; club short and robust, first segment widely cup-shaped. Pronotum transverse, not wider at base than at apex, sides sinuate, disc with shallow punctures. Elytra ovoid, elongate, rounded at sides, impressed at base, convex on dorsum, humeral calli more or less obsolete, striae with evident punctures in spite of vestiture, interstriae very finely punctulate, almost flat. Tibiae robust, protibiae rounded on outer margin before apex, metatibiae with a series of small teeth on inner margin. Aedeagus in dorsal view with pre-apical region shortly cordiform (Fig. 25a); endophallic structures as in Fig. 25b. Spermatheca as in Fig. 52b. Etymology. A Latin adjective referring to the old name Baetis of the river Guadalquivir, near whose sources the species was found, and which applies to the surrounding region as well. Distribution. Iberian endemite: southern Spain (Andalusia) (Fig. 73). Material examined. Holotype male: Jaén, Sierra de Cazorla, Vadillo de Castril, 15.2.2002, leg. Pierotti (MMA); paratypes: Jaén: do., 15.5.2002, leg. Bellò (1 MMA, 31 BEL, 1 OSE); do., leg. Pierotti (1 OSE, 30 PIE); Vadillo de Castril, S. Cazorla (Jaén), Mateu-Cobos coll. (1 MMI, 2 ROU); E Andalucia S. de las Villas 14. Km. SW Tranco, 1390 m., N 38°04’32’’ W 02°54’51’’, 20 aprile 2003, leg. Stüben (1 STU). Biology. We have collected this species only on Buxus sempervirens L. (Buxaceae). Notes. This taxon is clearly more orophilous than P. kiesenwetterii and indicated to differ from the latter at species level, as outlined by Pierotti & Bellò (2000).Published as part of Pierotti, Helio, Bellò, Cesare & Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A., 2010, 2376, pp. 1-96 in Zootaxa 2376 on pages 27-2
Pseudomeira nebrodensis Pierotti 2009
No full textPseudomeira nebrodensis Pierotti, 2009 (Figs. 4, 30, 79, 93) Pseudomeira nebrodensis Pierotti, 2009: 481 (pars). Type locality: Sicily, Messina, Monti Nebrodi - San Fratello. Diagnosis: Small (3.4–3.6 mm), elongate-subcylindrical. Epistoma feebly excavate, clypeus almost flat and longitudinally impressed in middle. Elytra clothed with brown scales and rather thick almost recumbent setae. Description: For a description see Pierotti (2009). Distribution: Known only from the type locality. Material: A total of 55 females were examined. Genitalia of 4 were studied, and molecular data of 3 were obtained. Localities: Messina, Monti Nebrodi, San Fratello (BAV, BEL, PIE, STU). Ecology: Adults occur in spring, collected together with P. n a t a l i i n. sp. by sifting leaf litter under Olea europaea L. var. sylvestris Brok. Adults may occur also in autumn, although we have not collected them at that time of year. Reproduction: Parthenogenetic. Notes: Field research and preliminary molecular studies revealed that in the locality mentioned above near Messina, two species occur: one P. nebrodensis, is parthenogenetic and belongs to the exigua group, whereas the second, P. natalii n. sp., is amphigonic and belongs to the vitalei group. Obviously, the aedeagus figured by Pierotti (2009) of the supposed male of P. nebrodensis, instead is that of P. natalii n. sp., while the diagnosis and the description of the female holotype clearly are those of P. nebrodensis (Figs. 4, 19, 20).Published as part of Bellò, Cesare & Baviera, Cosimo, 2011, On the Sicilian species of Pseudomeira Stierlin (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae), pp. 35-68 in Zootaxa 3100 on page 38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20487
Culture sismiche locali Garfagnana e Lunigiana
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Pseudoperitelus globulicollis Pierotti & Bellò & Alonso-Zarazaga 2010, comb. n.
No full textPseudoperitelus globulicollis (Seidlitz) comb. n. Peritelus (Peritelus) globulicollis Seidlitz in Marseul, 1871a: 39; Marseul, 1871b: 72; Lona, 1937: 257. Peritelus globulicollis Seidlitz: Iglesias Iglesias, 1922: 6; Pierotti & Bellò, 1998: 104; Gurrea Sanz & Sanz Benito, 2000: 237; Alonso-Zarazaga, 2002: 24. Diagnosis. Species of medium size (length of holotype: 5.5 mm), characterised by subrectilinear elytral sides and eyes not or hardly prominent beyond the genae. Redescription (holotype). Body outline elongate. Dorsal vestiture of strongly imbricate scales on elytra, grey and ochreous with faint metallic sheen, forming irregular spots, not covering striae, and of elongate setae, appressed on pronotum, reclinate on elytra, raised on elytral sides and posteriorly. Rostrum subquadrate, narrower at base than at apex, epistome raised, epistomal keel present, metarostrum with a faint median longitudinal swelling, prorostrum narrowly sulcate medially; pterygia hardly prominent. Frons rather narrow, depressed with respect to vertex, with median fovea. Eyes large, flattened, weakly elongate, hardly prominent beyond genae. Antennae with scape sinuate, narrow and subcylindrical in basal half, from there to apex progressively incrassate; funicle narrow and elongate, desmomere 1 ca. 2.5 times as long as wide, subequal to 2+3, 3–7 progressively shorter, 6 and 7 rather transverse, all with fine setae, not or hardly broadened at apex; club robust, first segment widely cup-shaped. Pronotum transverse, strongly rounded at sides, slightly depressed behind apical margin, disc with moderately dense, faint punctures. Elytra elongate, maximum width at humeri, sides subrectilinear, weakly depressed at base, convex on disc, humeral calli distinct, strial punctures closely set, interstriae flat to very weakly convex. Tibiae moderately elongate, fore tibiae markedly widened at apex. Genitalia not studied. Distribution. Ibero-Balearic(?) endemite: southern Spain. The label of the type specimen reads “ Andalusia ”, whereas the original description gives the type locality as Alicante, a more likely place for it to have been collected. Spanish literature records: Andalusia (l. cl. ?); Alicante; Mallorca: Torre d’en Pau (Iglesias Iglesias, 1922), S’Albufera (Gurrea Sanz & Sanz Benito, 2000). Material examined: Holotype, labelled. 1) ♀; 2) globicollis [sic!] n.sp., Andal., (illegible signs); 3) Sammlung v. Seidlitz; 4) Holotypus, Peritelus globulicollis, Zool. Staatsslg. München (SEI). Other specimen: “Hisp.” (SOL, a female with empty abdomen). Notes. The two following species may represent insular populations of P. globulicollis, although at least P. espanoli appears to be clearly differentiated. Since no mainland specimens of P. globulicollis apart from the type and that of the imprecise locality housed in SOL could be examined, for the time we prefer to treat P. lopezi as a distinct species for the Balearic specimens.Published as part of Pierotti, Helio, Bellò, Cesare & Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A., 2010, 2376, pp. 1-96 in Zootaxa 2376 on page 4
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