On the Sicilian species of Pseudomeira Stierlin (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae) Author Bellò, Cesare Author Baviera, Cosimo text Zootaxa 2011 3100 35 68 journal article 45977 10.5281/zenodo.204879 e289c8b1-0af5-4775-8b7b-2bbfac2ea24c 1175-5326 204879 Pseudomeira petrensis sp. n. ( Figs. 8 , 34 , 82 , 96 ) Diagnosis : Small ( 3.25–3.95 mm ), elongate; epistoma inconspicuous, clypeus longitudinally excavate; frons wide and shallowly impressed; elytra with rounded humeri, clothed by dense imbricate earth-brown scales here and there paler, and almost recumbent short spatulate pale setae, disc quite flat. Type series : Holotype female ( BEL ) with the following labels: [transparent label with genitalia in DHMF ], Ƥ[white, printed], "S.[icilia], Palermo, Madonie, (b), Piano Battaglietta, m.1650, 16.VI.08 " [white, printed], "al vaglio, legg. Baviera C. & Rando A." [white, printed], "coll. Cesare Bellò" [green, printed]; " Pseudomeira petrensis sp. n. , Holotype , det. Bellò 2010 " [red, partly printed]. Paratypes : 2 females , "Sicilia (Palermo) 10 Km. NW Petralia Soprana, P.R. Madonie, 1400 m ., 37°51'45'' N 14°00'39'' E, 13.X.2002 , leg. Stüben" (STU); 1 female , " Italy : Sicilia (Palermo) 10 Km. NW Petralia Soprana, P.R. Madonie, 1000 m . 37°50'29'' N 14°00'39'' E, 13.X.2002 , leg. Stüben" (STU); 1 female , " Italy : Sicilia (Palermo) 9 Km. NW Petralia Soprana, P.R. Madonie, 1400 m ., 37°51'45'' N 14°02'52'' E, 13.X.2002 , leg. Stüben" ( PIE ); 1 female , ibidem, leg. Stüben ( BEL ); 2 females , "Sic.[ilia], Palermo, Madonie, Piano Battaglietta, m.1650, 24.IV.08 , legg. Bellò, Chemello, Baviera & Rando" ( BAV , BEL ); 1 female , "Sicilia, Palermo, Madonie, Piano Battaglietta, m 1600; 30.V.07 , leg. Bellò" ( BEL ); 4 females , "Sicilia, Palermo, Madonie, Piano Battaglietta B, 1600 m , 23.IX.10 , Acer , N 37°51' 838' E 13°25' 033'', leg. Baviera" ( BAV , BEL ). Types are 16 females , genitalia of 3 were studied and molecular data was obtained from another. Holotype female: Length: 3.25 mm . Rather elongate, subparallel sided. Dorsal vestiture of largely overlapping, earth-brown scales and almost recumbent short pale more or less widely spatulate setae; paler small markings on disc of both elytra and pronotum. Rostrum transverse, subparallel sided. Epistoma and plate inconspicuous; pterygia just slightly protruding; clypeus slightly convex, with longitudinal depression not continuing on frons; frons almost twice as wide as clypeus between antennae. Eyes small, round, almost hemispherical. Antennae short and quite robust; scape just slightly more robust than funicle, curved at basal third and progressively thickening towards apex; all seven funicular segments with clubbed setae; first segment as long as combined length of following two, second twice as long as third, segments 4–7 pearl-shaped; club short, fusiform and with first segment widely conical. Pronotum slightly transverse (length: 0.80 mm , width: 0.90 mm ), sides sinuate, disc with punctures usually hidden by scales. Elytra rather elongate (length: 1.95 mm , width: 1.40 mm ), disc almost flat, humeri short, round and slightly prominent. Striae inconspicuous, catenulate, interstriae feebly convex. Legs short and robust; femora clubbed, edentate; tibiae almost straight, external margin of apex of protibiae blunt, internal margin devoid of spines but with mucro; protarsi short and robust, third joint shortly bilobed, onychium curved, claws short and fused at base. Spiculum ventrale: see Fig. 82 ; spermatheca: see Fig. 96 . Paratypes : Holotype and paratypes differs only in size dimensions. Length: 3.25–3.95 mm . All paratypes are females. Distribution : Known only from the Sicilian Madonie mountain range above 1000 m a.s.l. (fig 108). Etymology : From the town of Petralia Soprana whose name comes from the Greek πέτρα λεία (smooth stone). Ecology : This is a montane species collected in beech and oak woods sifting roots of Astragalus sp. and Euphorbia sp.. Adults appear in spring, with a probable life span of some months until autumn, and possibly overwintering. Reproduction : Apparently parthenogenetic.