Dasytes nigroaeneus Küster, 1850

Baviera, Cosimo & Liberti, Gianfranco, 2010, Dasytidae of the Egadi Archipelago (Coleoptera, Cleroidea) with description of Danacea hierena n. sp., Zootaxa 2351, pp. 49-57 : 53

Dasytes nigroaeneus Küster, 1850

Liberti 1995a: 500; Liberti 2004: 318.

Collection localities. Favignana: Monte Santa Caterina 150 m (37° 55.6N 12° 18.9E), 12 may 2008; Monte Santa Caterina 250 m (37° 55.7N 12° 18.8E), 12 may 2008; Monte Santa Caterina 310 m (37° 55.7N 12° 18.7E), 12 may 2008 (GLCI); Cala del Passo (37° 55.2N 12° 18.3E), 12-13 may 2008 (GLCI); Favignana island, 19 apr. 2007 (CBCI). Levanzo: Levanzo island, 23 apr. 2007 Baviera; Pizzo del Monaco (38° 00.3N 12° 19.8E) 140 m, 14 may 2008 (GLCI); near the “Faraglione” (37° 59.2N 12° 19.8E), 14 may 2008 (GLCI); Marettimo: near the Village at 200 m, 15 may 2008 (GLCI); Mount Falcone east slope at 400 m (37° 58.4N 12° 03.5E), 15 may 2008 (GLCI); Marettimo island, 18-23 apr. 2007 (CBCI).

Collection data. Abundant on flowers (e. g. Teucrium fruticans , Galactites tomentosa ) at all locations. Distribution. A Mediterranean species, its distribution ranges from the Black Sea to Portugal.