Wednesday, September 25, 2019

[Entomology • 2019] Ischnomera sicula • A New Ischnomera of the I. xanthoderes (Mulsant, 1858) complex (Coleoptera: Oedemeridae) from Sicily


Ischnomera sicula 
Bologna, Poloni & Vázquez, 2019


Abstract
A new Ischnomera from northern Sicily is described. Besides this species, in the western Mediterranean I. xanthoderes complex were distinct one species from the Iberian peninsula and southern France (I. xanthoderes), and one from northwestern Africa (I. tenietensis). All species are figured and a key to the species is published.

Keywords: Coleoptera, Italy, new species, taxonomy, Tenebrionoidea, western Mediterranean

 Ischnomera sicula n.sp. in the field (Sicily, Palermo prov., Madonie, Piano Battaglietta,
photo C. Muscarella). 

Ischnomera sicula n.sp. 

Ethymology. The name of the species refers to its distribution, limited to the mountains of northern Sicily.


Marco A. Bologna, Riccardo Poloni and Xavier A. Vázquez. 2019. A New Ischnomera of the I. xanthoderes (Mulsant, 1858) complex (Coleoptera: Oedemeridae) from Sicily. Zootaxa. 4671(4); 541–550. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4671.4.5