Dodomeira petrensis species group (2)

(Figures 43a, 43b)

Diagnosis. A Dodomeira group of medium-sized species (length: 3.25–4.00 mm.) with stubby body (length/width ratio: 1.43–1.58) and oval or sub-oval elytra. Rostrum with epistome inconspicuous. Mesorostrum with clavate and golden setae. Antenna with length scape/length funicle ratio 0.72–0.80. Pronotum transverse (length 0.75–0.90 mm, width 0.85–1.00) with length/width ratio 0.85–0.90. Elytra clothed by dense imbricate earth-golden-brown scales here and there paler, with setae more or less spatulate, more or less recumbent (15°–30°).

Distribution. The species of this group are known from central-western Sicily and the Madonie Mountains (Fig. 140).

Main soil type. Vertic-Cambisol ( Rendzina) (European Soil Data Centre; Panagos et al. 2012). Reproduction. To date, all species are parthenogenetic or probably parthenogenetic.