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 Nargus ( Nargus ) badius badius ( Sturm, 1839 ) Literature records. Nuoro prov.: Jerzu, road to Perdasdefogu ( Zoia & Latella 2006 ). Distribution. Polytypic species, distributed in the whole of Europe, eastwards as far as the Caucasus and Anatolia . The nominal subspecies in Italy is distributed in the mainland and Sicily . It lives in the leaf litter of broad-leaved woodlands, and occasionally enters natural caves. Chorotype. European. Remarks. Known so far only from one site in Sardinia .