Patriziella sardoa Jeannel, 1956

Casale, Achille, Grafitti, Giuseppe & Latella, Leonardo, 2009, The Cholevidae (Coleoptera) of Sardinia *, Zootaxa 2318, pp. 290-316 : 302

Patriziella sardoa Jeannel, 1956

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Literature records. Nuoro prov.: Oliena, Punta Sos Nidos, Sos Ostis, Sa Nurra de Sas Palumbas (217 Sa/NU) ( Jeannel 1956; Furreddu & Maxia 1964; Cerruti 1968; Casale 1969; Assorgia et al. 1974; Puddu & Pirodda 1974; Cassola 1982; Sbordoni et al. 1982; Buschettu et al. 1994; Grafitti 2001a, 2002a; Pisano et al. 2003; De Waele & Grafitti 2004; Zoia & Latella 2006); Oliena, Monte Cusidore, Orgoi, Grotta Orgoi or “di Cusidore” (34 Sa/NU) ( Cerruti 1968).

Unpublished data. Nuoro prov.: Oliena, Sos Ostis, Nurra ‘e Prados (not registered, Sa/NU) (P. Marcia, pers. comm.).

Distribution. Central-Eastern Sardinia, in caves of the Corrasi massif, Supramonte di Oliena.

Chorotype. W-Mediterranean (Sardinian endemic).

Remarks. Citations of this species for localities outside Oliena Supramonte (such as Donini Cave in Urzulei Supramonte and Ispinigoli, San Giovanni, Pisanu and Bue Marino caves, in Dorgali area) reported by Carta (1974) and Pisano et al. (2003) have never been confirmed by numerous subsequent researches in these caves.