Phloeocharis microptera FAUVEL, 1898 (Figs 1-7)

Phloeocharis microptera FAUVEL, 1898: 156 .

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d France: 233, Pyrénées-Orientales, Canigou, 2710 m, crête du Barbet, sifted from grass roots, 11.VI.1999, leg. Tronquet (cAss).

C o m m e n t: The original description is based on an unspecified number of syntypes from "Pyrénées-Orientales: Canigou, au tunnel de Belage" (FAUVEL 1898). The above specimens are in full agreement with the details indicated in the description and were collected close to the type locality, so that there is little doubt that they are conspecific with the type material. The habitus and the male sexual characters are illustrated in Figs 1-7; for a colour image of the habitus see TRONQUET (2006). Phloeocharis microptera is endemic to the eastern Pyrenees; the record from the Sierra de Gredos (STRUYVE 2012) refers to a previously undescribed species.