Choragus aurolineatus Abeille de Perrin, 1893

Colonnelli, Enzo & Osella, Giuseppe, 2009, New data on some Curculionoidea (Coleoptera: Anthribidae, Apionidae, Curculionidae) from Sardinia *, Zootaxa 2318, pp. 421-426 : 422

Choragus aurolineatus Abeille de Perrin, 1893

Material examined. Sardinia: Carbonia-Iglesias prov., Iglesias, Marganai , 700 m, UTM 32S 0462853 4355582 , 5.VIII – 13.IX.2005, G. Chessa leg., Malaise trap, 1 ex ( CNBFVR); same data but 16. VI - 14.VII.2006 , 2 ex ( CCO CNBFVR); Medio Campidano prov., Villacidro, Rio Cannisoni , 401 m, UTM 32S 468459 4362806, 19 – 24. V .2006 , M. Bardiani, D. Birtele, P. Cornacchia & D. Whitmore leg., Malaise trap, 1 ex ( CCO).

Notes. The occurrence of this anthribid in Italy and in Europe was firstly reported by Abbazzi et al. (1999), a series of specimens having been collected in two localities of Tuscany, central Italy. No additional data were reported by Pedroni (2004), Rheinheimer (2004) or Alonso-Zarazaga (2004).

Four specimens were caught by Malaise traps at two localities (see above): these are the first records for Sardinia. At the first site this species was trapped in a Quercus ilex (Fagaceae) forest, at the second in a clearing with Q. ilex and Q. suber trees along a stream.

Nothing is known on the biology of this rare species, only occurring in Algeria ( Rheinheimer 2004) and in the above-mentioned Italian regions.