Prolysiopetalum apulicum (Verhoeff, 1905)

Lysiopetalum carinatum sensu Berlese, 1883 Acari, Myriopoda et Scorpiones hucusque in Italia reperta, fasc. 2: pl. 5, figs 1–7.

Lysiopetalum apulicum Verhoeff, 1905, Zool. Anz., 29 (16): 501. Type (whereabouts unknown) from Apulia, Italy.

Prolysiopetalum sorrentinum Verhoeff, 1909, S.B. Ges. Natf. Freunde Berlin, 4: 215. F ST (ZMB) from the Sorrentinian Peninsula, Italy. Synonymy proposed by Hoffman (1973). Verhoeff, 1910, Nova Acta, Acad. Caes. Leopold.-Carol., 92 (2): 385, Taf. VIII, figs 149–150, 156. Verhoeff, 1932, Zool. Jahrb. {Syst.}, 63: 320. Moritz & Fischer, 1974, Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 50 (2): 349. Strasser & Minelli, 1984, Lav. Soc. Venez. Sci. Nat., 9 (2): 204. Minelli, 1985, Mem. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Verona, 4: 15.

Prolysiopetalum sorrentinum aviculare Manfredi, 1957, Annu. Inst. Mus. Zool. Univ. Napoli, 9 (2): 2, fig 1. Male HT: slides of leg-pairs and gonopods (MSNM) from Vallone Gaudolino, Pollino Mts, Calabria, Italy. Manfredi, 1976, Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. Nat. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Milano, 117 (3–4): 224.

Prolysiopetalum ( sorrentinum ?) [sic!]: Strasser, 1970, Mem. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Verona, 17: 156, 172.

Range: known from the Italian regions Puglia, Calabria, Abruzzi, Molise and probably also from Campania (cf. Strasser

& Minelli, 1984).

Remark: see Minelli (1985) for the complete list of cave records. The taxonomic status of subspecies aviculare is uncer-

tain.