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[sic!] Auzat:
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“Sardinia” (
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;
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA1CF9FFB4F930FD3CFE80FCAFFECA" author="Mazur, S." box="[675,821,330,356]" pageId="38" pageNumber="235" pagination="1 - 379" refId="ref74808" refString="Mazur, S. (1984) A world catalogue of Histeridae. Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne, 54, 1 - 379." type="journal article" year="1984">Mazur 1984</bibRefCitation>
;
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Audisio
<emphasis id="B94FBD1AFFB4F930FC3BFE80FC4CFECD" box="[932,982,330,355]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="235">et al</emphasis>
. 1995
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;
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA1CF9FFB4F930FBAFFE80FB5AFECA" author="Mazur, S." box="[1072,1216,330,356]" pageId="38" pageNumber="235" refId="ref74831" refString="Mazur, S. (1997) A world catalogue of the Histeridae (Coleoptera: Histeroidea). Biologica Silesiae, Wroclaw, 377 pp." type="book" year="1997">Mazur 1997</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA1CF9FFB4F930FB53FE80FA90FECA" author="Mazur, S." box="[1228,1290,330,356]" pageId="38" pageNumber="235" refId="ref74858" refString="Mazur, S. (2004) Histeridae. In: Lobl, I. &amp; Smetana, A. (Eds), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2. Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 68 - 102." type="book" year="2004">2004</bibRefCitation>
;
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). Sassari prov.: Scala di Giocca, Grotta [= cave] dellInferno, entrance, on bat guano, AD (
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA1CF9FFB4F930FF00FE5FFEA8FE01" author="Auzat, V." box="[159,306,405,431]" pageId="38" pageNumber="235" pagination="145 - 147" refId="ref72328" refString="Auzat, V. (1923) Description d'un nouveau Gnathoncus de Sardaigne (Coleopt. Hist.). Bollettino della Societa Entomologica Italiana, 55 (10), 145 - 147." type="journal article" year="1923">Auzat 1923</bibRefCitation>
); Scala di Giocca, Grotta dellInferno (
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA1CF9FFB4F930FC86FE5FFC39FE01" author="Porta, A." box="[793,931,405,431]" pageId="38" pageNumber="235" refId="ref75780" refString="Porta, A. (1926) Fauna Coleopterorum Italica. Vol. II - Staphylinoidea. Stabilimento Tipografico Piacentino, Piacenza, 405 pp." type="book" year="1926">Porta 1926</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA1CF9FFB4F930FC2AFE5FFBFEFE01" author="Luigioni, P." box="[949,1124,405,431]" pageId="38" pageNumber="235" pagination="1 - 1159" refId="ref74293" refString="Luigioni, P. (1929) I Coleotteri d'Italia. Catalogo sinonimico-topografico-bibliografico. Memorie della Pontificia Accademia delle Scienze, I Nuovi Lincei, (2), 13, [4] + 1 - 1159 [+ 1]." type="journal article" year="1929">Luigioni 1929</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA1CF9FFB4F930FBEAFE5FFA86FE01" author="Barajon, M." box="[1141,1308,405,431]" pageId="38" pageNumber="235" refId="ref72363" refString="Barajon, M. (1966) Fauna Coleopterorum. Catalogo sistematico-topografico-alfabetico delle specie accertate in Italia. I Parte. Stampato in proprio [= privately printed], Milano, 304 pp. [the pages in this work are not numbered.]" type="book" year="1966">Barajon 1966</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA1CF9FFB4F930FAB1FE5FFEA1FE7B" author="Puddu, S. &amp; Pirodda, G." pageId="38" pageNumber="235" pagination="151 - 205" refId="ref75828" refString="Puddu, S. &amp; Pirodda, G. (1974) Catalogo sistematico ragionato della fauna cavernicola della Sardegna. Rendiconti del Seminario della Facolta di Scienze dell'Universita di Cagliari, 73 (3 - 4) [1973], 151 - 205." type="journal article" year="1974">Puddu &amp; Pirodda 1974</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA1CF9FFB4F930FED4FE71FE73FE7B" author="Vienna, P." box="[331,489,443,469]" pageId="38" pageNumber="235" refId="ref76703" refString="Vienna, P. (1980) Fauna d'Italia XVI. Coleoptera Histeridae. Calderini, Bologna, 373 pp." type="book" year="1980">Vienna 1980</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA1CF9FFB4F930FE66FE71FD04FE7B" author="Cassola, F." box="[505,670,443,469]" pageId="38" pageNumber="235" pagination="615 - 755" refId="ref72851" refString="Cassola, F. (1982) Il popolamento cavernicolo della Sardegna. Lavori della Societa Italiana di Biogeografia (n. s.), 7 [1978], 615 - 755." type="journal article" year="1982">Cassola 1982</bibRefCitation>
);
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,
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, AD,
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(52
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<emphasis id="B94FBD1AFFB4F930FD93FE2BFDDFFE54" box="[524,581,481,506]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="235">idem</emphasis>
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(CUL).
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<emphasis id="B94FBD1AFFB4F930FF5BFDCCFE43FD8E" bold="true" box="[196,473,518,544]" pageId="38" pageNumber="235">Unpublished records.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B94FBD1AFFB4F930FF5BFD9BFECBFDC5" bold="true" box="[196,337,593,619]" pageId="38" pageNumber="235">Chorotype.</emphasis>
To be defined: the species is known also from Grotta di [= cave of] Frasassi [= Grotta del Santuario della Beata Vergine] (
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Bertolani
<emphasis id="B94FBD1AFFB4F930FB8CFDB2FBDDFD3F" box="[1043,1095,632,657]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="235">et al</emphasis>
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(
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) and
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(
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).
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<emphasis id="B94FBD1AFFB4F930FF5BFD09FE20FD73" bold="true" box="[196,442,707,733]" pageId="38" pageNumber="235">Italian distribution.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B94FBD1AFFB4F930FF5BFD23FEB5FCAD" bold="true" box="[196,303,745,771]" pageId="38" pageNumber="235">Ecology.</emphasis>
Always found on bat guano, where it probably feeds on Diptera larvae (
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<emphasis id="B94FBD1AFFB4F930FF5BFCFEFE8BFCE0" bold="true" box="[196,273,820,846]" pageId="38" pageNumber="235">Notes.</emphasis>
In
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,
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) the date of capture of the specimens preserved in the Lostia di Santa
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collection (CUL) is erroneously given as “1939” (see “Data collection”); in fact, the label does not include a collection date, but reads “Grotta dellInferno / Scala di Giocca / leg. Dodero”, which proves without a doubt that this is one of the numerous specimens collected in
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by the well-known Genoan entomologist and which Lostia received as a gift.
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In the most recent faunistic works on the Italian
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(
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Audisio
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. 1995
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;
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,
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,
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) the record by
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Bertolani
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. (1994)
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was disregarded as a precaution. This was motivated by the fact that the specimens, although identified by one of the above authors (P. Vienna), could not be compared with the
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material and their identity was considered doubtful; additionally, until then the species had always been considered a Sardinian endemic and was known exclusively from Grotta dellInferno (
<emphasis id="B94FBD1AFFB4F930FABBFB43FADBFB0C" box="[1316,1345,1161,1186]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="235">cf.</emphasis>
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;
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA1CF9FFB4F930FF7DFB64FEEEFB66" author="Mazur, S." box="[226,372,1198,1224]" pageId="38" pageNumber="235" pagination="1 - 379" refId="ref74808" refString="Mazur, S. (1984) A world catalogue of Histeridae. Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne, 54, 1 - 379." type="journal article" year="1984">Mazur 1984</bibRefCitation>
,
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; etc.). Later, the finding of specimens in a cave near
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in
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(
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA1CF9FFB4F930FA83FB64FE8DFB40" author="Thomas, H. &amp; Secq, M." pageId="38" pageNumber="235" pagination="207 - 208" refId="ref76622" refString="Thomas, H. &amp; Secq, M. (2000) Gnathoncus cerberus Auzat, 1923: une espece nouvelle pour la faune Bulgare (Coleoptere Histeridae). Bulletin de la Societe Linneenne de Bordeaux, 28 (4), 207 - 208." type="journal article" year="2000">Thomas &amp; Secq 2000</bibRefCitation>
), but most of all the confirmation of the correct identification of the specimens from the
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after comparison with Sardinian ones and new catches, cleared all doubts about the presence of
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.
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in mainland
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, ignored also by
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and
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. Lastly, the species was very recently recorded also from
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, which suggests that “
<emphasis id="B94FBD1AFFB4F930FCA3FA8CFD79FA2A" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="235">this species is spread over a much larger area, and that its apparent rarity owes to its secretive habits</emphasis>
” (
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).
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I here provide the exact collecting data of the specimens from
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Grotta
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, all kept in the
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collection (
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):
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data.
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,
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[=
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[=
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leg., 3 ex,
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det. (
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Bertolani
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records.
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[=
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,
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[del Santuario]
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, su guano [= on guano],
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..
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Finally, I consider it useful to add that the examination of the many specimens preserved in the collections of MSNG, of the pair from
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kindly sent to me for study by Michel Secq, and of the specimens from Frasassi (CPV), showed that very few specimens possess, on the pigidium, the famous “
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[…]
<emphasis id="B94FBD1AFFB4F930FF08F975FF51F976" box="[151,203,1727,1752]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="235">lisse</emphasis>
” described by
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA1CF9FFB4F930FEE0F975FD86F977" author="Auzat, V." box="[383,540,1727,1753]" pageId="38" pageNumber="235" pagination="145 - 147" refId="ref72328" refString="Auzat, V. (1923) Description d'un nouveau Gnathoncus de Sardaigne (Coleopt. Hist.). Bollettino della Societa Entomologica Italiana, 55 (10), 145 - 147." type="journal article" year="1923">Auzat (1923)</bibRefCitation>
and which according to this author “
<emphasis id="B94FBD1AFFB4F930FC49F975FB66F976" box="[982,1276,1727,1752]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="235">distingue à première vue</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C3B1A8BFFB4F930FA9AF975FA06F977" authorityName="Auzat" authorityYear="1923" box="[1285,1436,1727,1753]" class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Gnathoncus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="38" pageNumber="235" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cerberus">Gn. cerberus</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B94FBD1AFFB4F930FF08F92FFE73F950" box="[151,489,1765,1790]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="235">des autres espèces du genre</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C3B1A8BFFB4F930FE6CF92FFD1CF951" box="[499,646,1765,1791]" class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Gnathoncus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="38" pageNumber="235" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Gnathoncus</taxonomicName>
”. This feature, highlighted by all subsequent authors (e.g.
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA1CF9FFB4F930FAD8F92FFF4FF88A" author="Vienna, P." pageId="38" pageNumber="235" refId="ref76703" refString="Vienna, P. (1980) Fauna d'Italia XVI. Coleoptera Histeridae. Calderini, Bologna, 373 pp." type="book" year="1980">Vienna 1980</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA1CF9FFB4F930FF7CF8C0FE74F88A" author="Thomas, H. &amp; Secq, M." box="[227,494,1802,1828]" pageId="38" pageNumber="235" pagination="207 - 208" refId="ref76622" refString="Thomas, H. &amp; Secq, M. (2000) Gnathoncus cerberus Auzat, 1923: une espece nouvelle pour la faune Bulgare (Coleoptere Histeridae). Bulletin de la Societe Linneenne de Bordeaux, 28 (4), 207 - 208." type="journal article" year="2000">Thomas &amp; Secq 2000</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA1CF9FFB4F930FE62F8C0FCA5F88A" author="Lackner, T. &amp; Pavicevic, D." box="[509,831,1802,1828]" pageId="38" pageNumber="235" pagination="423 - 426" refId="ref74144" refString="Lackner, T. &amp; Pavicevic, D. (2008) Faunistic note on newly recorded and rare species of Histeridae from Serbia (Coleoptera). In: Pavicevic, D. &amp; Perreau, M. (Eds), Advances in the studies of the fauna of the Balkan Peninsula. Papers dedicated to the memory of Guido Nonveiller. Institute for Nature Conservation of Serbia, Belgrade, Monograph 22, pp. 423 - 426." type="journal article" year="2008">Lackner &amp; Pavićević 2008</bibRefCitation>
) and always used in the identification keys of the Palearctic species of the genus
<taxonomicName id="4C3B1A8BFFB4F930FD8FF8FBFCE9F8E4" authority="Jacquelin du Val" authorityName="Jacquelin du Val" box="[528,883,1840,1866]" class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Gnathoncus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="38" pageNumber="235" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B94FBD1AFFB4F930FD8FF8FBFD04F8E4" box="[528,670,1841,1866]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="235">Gnathoncus</emphasis>
Jacquelin du Val
</taxonomicName>
, is deceitful and often misleading considering that a smooth, median longitudinal band is sometimes more or less obvious in specimens of
<taxonomicName id="4C3B1A8BFFB4F930FB69F89CFE86F838" authority="(Kugelann)" baseAuthorityName="Kugelann" baseAuthorityYear="1792" class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Gnathoncus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="38" pageNumber="235" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rotundatus">
<emphasis id="B94FBD1AFFB4F930FB69F89CFA91F8C1" box="[1270,1291,1878,1903]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="235">G</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B94FBD1AFFB4F930FA82F89CFA06F8C1" box="[1309,1436,1878,1903]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="235">rotundatus</emphasis>
(Kugelann)
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C3B1A8BFFB4F930FEFEF8B6FD0CF838" authority="(Marseul)" baseAuthorityName="Marseul" baseAuthorityYear="1862" box="[353,662,1916,1942]" class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Gnathoncus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="38" pageNumber="235" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nannetensis">
<emphasis id="B94FBD1AFFB4F930FEFEF8B6FEECF83B" box="[353,374,1916,1941]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="235">G</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B94FBD1AFFB4F930FE14F8B6FD8FF83B" box="[395,533,1916,1941]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="235">nannetensis</emphasis>
(Marseul)
</taxonomicName>
(Penati pers. obs.; Secq
<emphasis id="B94FBD1AFFB4F930FC4BF8B6FBDEF83B" box="[980,1092,1916,1941]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="235">in litteris</emphasis>
). On the contrary, the best character for distinguishing
<taxonomicName id="4C3B1A8BFFB4F930FE7EF868FDF0F815" authorityName="Auzat" authorityYear="1923" box="[481,618,1954,1980]" class="Insecta" family="Histeridae" genus="Gnathoncus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="38" pageNumber="235" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cerberus">
<emphasis id="B94FBD1AFFB4F930FE7EF868FE6CF815" box="[481,502,1954,1979]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="235">G</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B94FBD1AFFB4F930FD9BF868FDF0F815" box="[516,618,1954,1979]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="235">cerberus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from all other species with smooth intervals between the punctuation at the tip of the elytra is, in my opinion, the particular sculpture of the pygidium, characterized by transversely elongate punctures, set far apart and lying on an almost completely smooth surface; these punctures are instead more marked and more tightly set in the other species.
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