Dodomeira exigua (Stierlin, 1861) Baviera, 2017

Baviera, Cosimo, 2017, A taxonomic monograph of the genus Dodomeira Bellò & Baviera, a new genus of Peritelini from Sicily (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae), Zootaxa 4334 (1), pp. 1-138 : 54

Key to species (5) of D. exigua species group

1 Elytra with short, spatulate, flattened setae ( Figs. 1 Fa, 1Ga)...................... D. himerensis ( Bellò & Baviera, 2011)

1’ Elytra with widened or clavate, recumbent, raised, semi-erect setae ( Figs. 1 Fb–d, 1Gb–d)............................ 2

2 Elytral declivity with more elongate and semi-erect setae (45°–75°).......................... D. exigua ( Stierlin, 1861)

2’ Elytral declivity with less elongate and recumbent, raised setae (15°–45°)......................................... 3

3 Recumbent setae on elytral declivity; elytra without humeri....................... D. trinacriae ( Bellò & Baviera, 2011)

3’ Raised setae on elytral declivity; elytra with humeri.......................................................... 4

4 Elytra with more raised setae (40°–45°). Rostrum with epistome................................ D. margheritae sp. n.

4’ Elytra with less raised setae (30°–40°). Rostrum without epistome.................................. D. genistae sp. n.

Figures

FIGURES 1 A – 1 C. Genus Dodomeira. Habitus of D. exigua topotype ♂ (scale bar: 1 mm): 1 A—dorsal view; 1 B—ventral view; 1 C—lateral view.