Solariola doderoi A. Solari & F. Solari, 1923

Fig. 7: A–F; Fig. 10–11: G; Fig. 12: (7).

Solariola doderoi A. Solari & F. Solari, 1923: 51; Luigioni, 1929: 871; Porta, 1932: 57; Lona, 1937: 233; Osella, 1976: 194; Abbazzi et al., 1989: 322; Abbazzi & Osella, 1992: 302; Abbazzi et al., 1995: 22; Osella & Di Marco 1996: 349 –355; Colonnelli, 2003: 46; Osella et al., 2005; Abbazzi & Maggini, 2009: 58; Magnano & Alonso Zarazaga, 2013: 347.

Type locality. Sicily, Palermo, Madonie: Castelbuono.

Holotype ♂. With following labels: 1) Castelbuono, Sicilia fine. V.1906 A. Dodero [Leg.] [white handwritten], 2) Type ♂ [white printed], Solariola Doderoi Solari Boll. Soc. En. It., 1923 [white handwritten], 3) Solariola Doderoi typ. [white handwritten], 4) Syntype [red printed] Solariola doderoi A & F Solari, 1923 [red handwritten] (MSNG).

Paratypes. 2 ♀♀ one with same holotype data and labels but without the 4) label (MSNM, MSNG).

Other specimens. 1 ♀ same holotype data [but without label 2)]. [As the “ syntype ” label is the same, with the same handwriting, used for specimens of S. paganettii not used in original description, and Solari described the species from 1 ♂ and 2 ♀♀ only (Solari, 1923) it is reasonable to assume that this label is not added by the author.]; 4 ♂♂♀♀. With following labels: Sicilia, Palermo, Castelbuono, nel terreno, 2.IV.1980, Leg. Romano M.; Sicilia, Madonie, Castelbuono, 1500 m a.s.l., 22.V.1977, Leg. Casale; Sicilia, Castelbuono (Palermo), pend. NE Pizzo Carbonara, 31.V.1985, Leg. Zoia S.; Sicilia, Madonie contr. La Liccia, 29.V.1996, Leg. Angelini F. (MSNG, MSNM, MSNF, GOS).

Diagnosis. A large brownish-red Solariola with elytral setae shorter than pronotal ones, these slightly raised on elytral surface (angle with elytral surface ≤ 5°) their apex not touching elytral surface, pronotum slightly longer than wide and widest just before middle, very large and deep elytral punctures, almost square; elytral disk flat until the 4° row; very long antennal funicle, with only segments 5 and 6 wider than long.

Holotype redescription. Body length 3.65 mm, maximum width of elytra 1.70 mm. Rostrum longer than wide (width/length ratio 0.85), confusedly and deeply wrinkled, with narrow furrow, subparallel rostral carinae very slightly arched and closest at proximal third. Underside of rostrum densely covered under scrobe by whitishyellowish spatulate setae, also partially visible around eyes. Apex and base of rostrum with short and sparse recumbent bristles ponting backward, these bristles recumbent and visible on both sides and on upper surface of carinae. Antennae slender and long, scape very long, slightly curved at proximal third, regularly thickened from base to apex, funicle very long and thin, more than 9 times longer than wide, segment 1 of funicle strongly clavate, 3 times longer than wide and wider than all the others, segment 2 shorter and about 3 times longer than wide, 3 and 4 longer than wide, 5 barely wider than long, 6 and 7 hardly longer than wide; club three-segmented, oval, length more than twice width (width/length ratio 0.41), densely covered with short setae. Prothorax slightly longer than wide (width/length ratio 0.86), strongly rounded on sides, widest in middle, disc strongly and irregularly sculptured by large deep punctures merged with smaller shallower ones which bear long recumbent seta, these pairs of points more distant from each other on disc than on sides, their interspaces smooth, strongly inclined centripetal setae inserted in smaller punctures on average less long than 4 times the average diameter of larger points. Elytra oblong elongate, oval, narrower at base than maximum width of prothorax, length almost twice their overall width (width/ length ratio 0.47), humeri obliquely rounded, sub parallel sides regularly convergent to apex, scarcely, very regularly curved, maximum width at mid length, narrowing apically. Interstriae flat, clearly demarcated but not incised by points of striae, minutely punctured, points lower in number than those of striae, each bearing a fairly long (average 0.07 mm) almost curved laterally flattened and raised (angle with elytral surface ≤ 5°) seta, setae near elytral base more raised, some setae on elytral apex spatulate and recumbent on elytral surface. Elytral lateral declivity starting after 4th stria. Aedeagus long, slightly curved, sclerotisation of sides broadened on basal half, sides parallel from base to middle, then slightly narrower and thereafter widened, with apex slightly arched, large, almost triangular shaped and regularly curved; long lamella triangular shaped, covered on sides, medially raised.

Female genitalia and variabilty. Females differ by the usual sexual dimorphism of elytral sides being very weakly curved and not subparallel. Spermatheca with very long basally broadened nodulus and very long wide arched cornu.

TL SL SW FL FW CL CW PL PW PW EL EW EW PS ES --- ---

PL EL

♂ holotype 3.65 0.62 0.1 0.72 0.07 0.31 0.13 0.81 0.7 0.86 2.28 1.07 0.47 0.09 0.07 Distribution. Madonie around Castelbuono (Fig.12).

Affinities. The large size of this species makes it quite isolated in the group. It differs from S. ruffoi by pronotal shape and from S. angelae by more curved and raised elytral setae. Ecology. Unknown.