Note on Dolichosoma (Dolichomorphus) femorale Morawitz, 1861 (Coleoptera, Melyridae, Dasytinae): taxonomy, anatomy, distribution and presence in Italy | Zendy

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Note on <em>Dolichosoma</em> (<em>Dolichomorphus</em>) femorale Morawitz, 1861 (Coleoptera, Melyridae, Dasytinae): taxonomy, anatomy, distribution and presence in Italy

Author(s) -

Gianfranco Liberti

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

bollettino della società entomologica italiana

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2281-9282

pISSN - 0373-3491

DOI - 10.4081/bollettinosei.2021.133

Subject(s) - subgenus , taxonomy (biology) , genus , key (lock) , biology , geography , zoology , ecology

Subgenus Dolichomorphus is transferred from Psilothrix to Dolichosoma. these two genera have been defined based on aedeagical characters rather than on external ones. Dolichosoma (Dolichomorphus) femorale, the only one species belonging to Dolichomorphus (previously a Psilothrix), is now included in genus Dolichosoma. D. (D.) femorale has been re-described, its Euro-Asiatic distribution has been detailed with several new localities reported, emphasis being given to its presence in Italy. A determination key is proposed for the three Dolichosoma species present in Mediterranean Europe.

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