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Aplocnemus (Aplocnemus) rufomarginatus Perris 1869

Description

Aplocnemus (Aplocnemus) rufomarginatus Perris, 1869

Haplocnemus rufomarginatus Perris, 1869: 18 (Loc. typ. Tenés, Algeria); Porta 1929: 125; Pic 1937: 40; * Liberti 1995a: 184.

Material examined. Olbia-Tempio prov.: *Buddusò, 1972 (CCO); *Tempio Pausania, 1944 (MCSNV, NMBA). Nuoro prov.: *Aritzo, 1910 (MCSNG); Bolotana, 1995 (CAN); Monte Spada, 1994 (CME); *Orune, 1976 (CPO); *Sorgono, y-? (NMBA). Oristano prov.: Laconi, 1995 (CAN). Ogliastra prov.: Punta La Marmora, 1995 (CMG). Carbonia-Iglesias prov.: Monti Marganai, 2005 (CNBFVR). Cagliari prov.: Villanovatulo, 1994 (CME).

Chorotype. Central Mediterranean: its known distribution includes Algeria and Sardinia only (Liberti 1995a). Affinities: rather close to A. (A.) marginatus Rottenberg, 1870, which occurs in Sicily and southern Greece (Liberti & Zinetti 2009: 49).

Notes. A species easily recognizable by the shape of pronotum, rather depressed with well visible anterior angles, and by the reddish margin all around the body, more evident on sides of pronotum. Already reported for Sardinia by Bertolini (1899 –1904: 73), Luigioni (1929: 626) and Porta (1929). Despite being rare, it has been repeatedly collected with traps at Marganai (see below) all year round except in summer.

Notes

Published as part of Liberti, Gianfranco, 2009, Improved Strategies for Branching on General Disjunctions, pp. 339-385 in Zootaxa 2318 on page 371, DOI: 10.1184/r1/6705962.v1, http://zenodo.org/record/5307249

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Melyridae
Genus
Aplocnemus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Perris
Species
rufomarginatus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Aplocnemus (Aplocnemus) rufomarginatus Perris, 1869 sec. Liberti, 2009

References

  • Perris, E. (1869) Descriptions de quelques Coleopteres nouveaux. Rectifications et notes. L'Abeille, 7 [1869 - 1870], 3 - 37.
  • Porta, A. (1929) Fauna Coleopterorum Italica. III - Diversicornia. Stabilimento Tipografico Piacentino, Piacenza, 466 pp.
  • Pic, M. (1937) Dasytidae: Dasytinae. In: Schenkling, S. (Ed.), Coleopterorum Catalogus, Pars 155. Dr. W. Junk Verlag, s' - Gravenhage, 130 pp.
  • Liberti, G. (1995 a) Revisione delle specie italiane del genere Aplocnemus Stephens (Coleoptera Melyridae Rhadalinae). Memorie della Societa Entomologica Italiana, 73, 153 - 194.
  • Rottenberg, A. von (1870) Beitrage zur Coleopteren Fauna von Sicilien (Zweistes Stuck). Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift, 14, 235 - 260.
  • Liberti, G. & Zinetti, F. (2009) Nota su alcuni Aplocnemus italiani nuovi o poco noti, con descrizione di Aplocnemus etruscus n. sp. (Coleoptera Dasytidae). Bollettino della Societa Entomologica Italiana, 141 (1), 45 - 53.
  • Bertolini, S. (1899 - 1904) Catalogo dei Coleotteri d'Italia. Rivista Italiana di Scienze Naturali, 19 - 24 (Appendices), 144 pp.
  • Luigioni, P. (1929) Coleotteri d'Italia. Catalogo sinonimico-topografico-bibliografico. Memorie della Pontificia Accademia delle Scienze Nuovi Lincei, 13, 1 - 1160.