Sardulus sacerensis Casale & Marcia

Penati, Fabio, 2009, An updated catalogue of the Histeridae (Coleoptera) of Sardinia, with faunistic, zoogeographical, ecological and conservation remarks *, Zootaxa 2318, pp. 197-280 : 227

25. Sardulus sacerensis Casale & Marcia

Literature data. Sassari prov.: Grotta [= cave] di Lu Gardu n. 2936 Sa/SS, 102, 30.IV.2004, C/Ma, holotypus ♂ and 13 paratypes ( Casale et al. 2006); idem, 6.I.2004, SPi, 3 paratypes ( Casale et al. 2006) ; idem, 15.IV.2004, PMa, 4 paratypes + one larva ( Casale et al. 2006) .

Chorotype. Sardinian endemic.

Italian distribution. Sardinia.

Ecology. All specimens were found on a single, partly rotting root emerging through a crack in the rocks at about 40 m from the cave’s entrance, and exposed for a short distance ( Casale et al. 2006). Feeding habits unknown.