The Cholevidae (Coleoptera) of Sardinia * Author Casale, Achille Dipartimento di Zoologia e Genetica Evoluzionistica, Università di Sassari, via Muroni 25, I- 07100 Sassari, Italy. E-mail: casale @ uniss. it Author Grafitti, Giuseppe Gruppo Speleologico Sassarese, Via dei Navigatori 7, I- 07100 Sassari, Italy. E-mail: giuseppe. grafitti @ tiscali. it Author Latella, Leonardo Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Lungadige Porta Vittoria 9, I- 37129 Verona, Italy. E-mail: leonardo. latella @ comune. verona. it text Zootaxa 2009 2009-12-22 2318 290 316 journal article 1175-5326 Ovobathysciola grafittii Rampini & Sbordoni, 1980 Literature records. Sassari prov.: Pozzomaggiore, Badde, Grotta Badde or Su Guanu (143 Sa/SS) ( Rampini & Sbordoni 1980 ; Sbordoni et al . 1982 ; Prota 1986 ; Grafitti 1987 ; Casale 1991, 1992; Grafitti 1996b , 2001a , 2002a ; Mucedda et al . 2002 ; Pisano et al . 2003 ; De Waele & Grafitti 2004 ; Zoia & Latella 2006 ). Distribution. North-West Sardinia , known only from the type locality. Chorotype. W-Mediterranean (Sardinian endemic). Remarks. For unclear reasons, given the unchanged conditions, this species has not been collected in the Grotta Badde cave in recent years (A. Casale, G. Grafitti and P. Marcia, several observations). On the other hand, some specimens were recently collected ( 13.VII.2007 ) in deep soil from oak and laurel woodlands outside the cave (P. Magrini pers. comm.).