Baldorhynchus vailatii (Osella, 1983)

Bello, Cesare, Osella, Giuseppe & Baviera, Cosimo, 2016, A taxonomic revision of the genus Baldorhynchus (Di Marco & Osella, 2002) stat. n. (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae), Zootaxa 4070 (1), pp. 1-101 : 58

Baldorhynchus vailatii (Osella, 1983)

( Figures 21, 21a, 21b, 21c, 21d, 21e, 21f , 55 )

Troglorhynchus vailatii Osella, 1983: 95 -123; Abbazzi & Osella, 1992: 301; Abbazzi et al., 1994: 21; Osella & Zuppa, 1998: 1123 -1127.

Otiorhynchus (Troglorhynchus) vailatii: Magnano, 1998: 71 .

Otiorhynchus (Baldorhynchus) vailatii: Di Marco & Osella, 2002: 258 ; Colonnelli, 2003: 39; Abbazzi & Maggini, 2009: 53; Magnano & Alonso Zarazaga, 2013: 309.

Type locality. “ Cuèl dei Vervèrs , Val Campei , Toscolano, Brescia ”.

Diagnosis. A Baldorhynchus of medium size belonging to the B. ferrarii group. Within the species group, it is recognisable by the elongate oval elytra, scape robust and short and pronotum punctation not pocked. Punctation of the pronotum coarse, regularly scattered, feebly impressed and sparse. Elytral punctation normal, regularly aligned, feebly impressed and isodiametric. Total length: 4.00 mm. Elytra with length/width ratio 1.75. Pronotum length 0.90 mm with length/width ratio 1.17.

Description. See Osella (1983) and figures hoc opus.

Holotype. Male. Total length: 4.00 mm. Scape length: 0.90 mm; funicle length: 0.80 mm. Scape length/funicle length ratio: 1.13. Funicle with club ratios: 10: 7: 4: 5: 5: 4: 4: 28 (club). Vestigial eyes not present and area not covered by pubescence. Vertex width/mesorostrum width: ratio 1.50. Pronotum ratio: 1.17 (length: 0.90 mm, width: 0.77 mm). Elytra ratio: 1.75 (length: 2.10 mm, width: 1.20 mm).

Distribution. See Fig. 130. Italian endemic. Known only from “Cuèl dei Vervèrs” cave (N° 435 Lo) at 964 meters of elevation: 45°41’6.40’’N 10°34’6.40’’E in Val Campei near Toscolano.

Ecology/Phenology. See Osella (1983). The cave opens in Dolomite of Noricum (Trias) (Grottolo in litteris, 2015).

Material. We examined the material studied by Osella (1983).

Reproduction. Amphigonic

Figures

FIGURES 21 – 21 f — Baldorhynchus vailatii (Osella, 1983) holotype ♂ from “ Cuèl dei Vervèrs, Val Campei, Toscolano, Brescia ”: 21 — habitus, dorsal view (scale bar: 1 mm); 21 a—habitus, lateral view; 21 b—rostrum, lateral view; 21 c—pronotum; 21 d—elytra punctuation; 21 e— funicle and club; 21 f—apex penis.

FIGURES 38 – 56. Lateral or dorsal shape aedeagus of Baldorhynchus sp.: 38 — B. agostianus Bellò & Osella sp. n. holotype; 38 bis— B. amicalis (Osella, 1983), topotype; 39 — B. anachoreta Bellò & Osella sp. n. holotype; 40 — B. baldensis (Czwalina, 1875), neotype; 41 — B. bodeianus Bellò & Osella sp. n., holotype ♂; 42 — B. caoduroi (Osella, 1983), holotype; 43 — B. carinatus (Osella, 1983), holotype; 44 — B. danzii Bellò & Osella sp. n., holotype; 45 — B. deceptor Bellò & Osella sp. n., holotype; 46 — B. ferrarii (F. Solari, 1955), holotype; 47 — B. grottoloi Bellò & Osella sp. n., holotype; 48 — B. judicariensis (Osella, 1983), holotype; 49 — B. lessinicus (Osella, 1983), topotype; 50 — B. magasaensis Bellò & Osella sp. n., holotype; 51 — B. paladinii Bellò & Osella sp. n., paratype; 52 — B. pivai Bellò & Osella sp. n., holotype; 53 — B. ruzzieri Bellò & Osella sp. n., holotype; 54 — B. toscolanus (Osella, 1983), holotype; 55 — B. vailatii (Osella, 1983), holotype; 56 — B. valvestinus (Osella, 1983), holotype.