A taxonomic monograph of the genus Solariola Flach, 1908 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae)
Author
Bello’, Cesare
Author
Osella, Giuseppe
Author
Baviera, Cosimo
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-09-30
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4676.1.1
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Solariola paganettii
species group (14)
(
Figs 46a, 46b, 46c, 46d, 46e, 46f,
46g
, 46h,
46i
, 46j,46k, 46l,
46m
, 46n
)
Diagnosis.
A
Solariola
group generally of small to medium sized species (TL: 2.1 5–
3.80 mm
; BL:
1.80–3.10 mm
) with elytra more or less elongate (EL:
1.30–2.30 mm
, EW:
0.65–1.10 mm
, EL/EW: 2.00–2.10) and slender body shape. Epistome absent. Rostrum elongate (RL:
0.35–0.60 mm
, RW:
0.20–0.40 mm
, RL/RW: 1.25–1.75). Mesorostrum carinae generally with divergent sides, sometimes parallel. Forehead at the widest point/mesorostrum at the widest point ratio 2.00–2.00 (measurement at 50 magnifications). Submentum with pappolepida thin and flattened. Antennae more or less long and slender (SL:
0.40–0.72 mm
, FL:
0.60–1.05 mm
, SL/FL: 0.63–0.84). Pronotum more or less elongate or as long as wide (PL:
0.46–0.82 mm
, PW:
0.44–0.78 mm
, PL/PW: 1.00–1.18) without echinopappolepida at base.
Distribution.
The species of this group are present in
Calabria
and
Sicily
. (Figs 223, 223a).
Main soil
type
.
Vertic Cambisol (2), Dystrict Cambisol (12).
Reproduction.
All the species are amphigonic.