Dodomeira juliae Bellò

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 : 38-40

Dodomeira juliae Bellò & Baviera sp. n.

( Figures 9, 9a, 9b, 9c, 9d, 9e, 9f , 41a , 68 , 107 )

Type locality. Sicily, Palermo, Sicani, Giuliana ( Fig. 150 ).

Diagnosis. A medium-size species (3.75–3.95 mm) belonging to the adrianae group with short sub-parallel elytra (length/width ratio: 1.60–1.62) and body shape sub-cylindrical. Within the species group, it is recognisable by mesorostrum with spatulate setae and antenna short with scape/funicle ratio 0.60–0.70. Elytral declivity with recumbent setae (15°–30°) and pronotum sub-square (length: 0.75–0.85 mm, width: 0.85–0.95 mm, with ratio 0.89–0.89). Elytra slightly convex dorsally (length: 2.3 5– 2.40 mm, width: 1.45–1.55 mm and ratio 1.60–1.62), clothed by imbricate golden silvery scales and golden setae clavate or spatulate.

Type series. Holotype female with the following labels: [transparent label] genitalia in DHMF // [white, printed] ♀ // [white, printed] “I, Sicilia, PA [Palermo], Giuliana, vaglio sotto Olea , 16.XI.2009, leg. Bellò” // [white, handwritten] “ PAGI 1.2” // [green, printed] “Collezione Cesare Bellò” // [red, printed] “ Dodomeira juliae sp. n., Holotype, det. Bellò 2016 ” ( CBE).

Paratypes. 7 females: “ Sicilia, PA [Palermo], Chiusa Sclafani, m 420, lettiera olivo, N 37°39.969’ E 013°12.896’, 17.III. [20] ‘08, legg. Baviera & Rando , Bellò & Chemello ” ( CBE, CBA, ECO) ; 1 female: “ Sicilia, PA [Palermo], Sicani, Giuliana Garrano , m 440, N 37°39.970’ E 013°12.898’, 10/13.III. [20] ‘09, leg. Baviera & Bellò ” ( CBE). Types are eight (all females).

Holotype. Female. Length: 3.90 mm. Body shape slender and subcylindrical. Dorsal vestiture with imbricate silvery brown scales and short silvery setae rather spatulate, recumbent (angle with elytral surface 15°–30°). Rostrum transverse (length/width ratio 0.60), sub-conical to the sides. Pterygia obvious. Epistome absent. Mesorostrum slightly concave, anteriorly with about ten thin, curved semi-erect setae. Vertex convex (vertex width / mesorostrum width: ratio 1.85) with clavate and erect setae. Interocular space without visible fovea. Lateral and spherical eyes very protruding from outline of head. Antenna robust and quite short with long, raised, silvery, widened setae. Antenna with ratio 0.64 (scape length: 0.70 mm, funicle length: 1.10 mm). Scape clubbed, slightly more robust than funicle, curved at the first third. Funicle segments including club, relative lengths as follows: 12.6.5.4.3.3.3.17; segments 1–5 with clavate setae; segments 4–7 pearl-shaped. Club at least twice wider than funicle, fusiform with suture between first and second segment visible. Pronotum clothed with golden silvery scales, transverse (length: 0.80 mm, width: 0.90 mm, ratio: 0.89), slightly sub-hexagonal, sinuate at the sides, wider at the basal third with clavate, golden silvery recumbent setae. Punctation usually covered by scales. Scutellum small and inconspicuous.

Elytra convex, covered by golden silvery scales, sub-cylindrical with suture quite flat (length: 2.40 mm, width: 1.50 mm, ratio: 1.60), wider at the middle. Humeri short and rounded. Elytral declivity with recumbent setae (15°– 30°). Punctation of striae, shallow, catenulate and impressed. Interstriae flat, with clavate, long, golden silvery, raised or semi-erect setae.

Legs robust and elongate, covered by silvery scales and rather short, clavate, silvery-golden setae. Femora clubbed. Protibia with two-three acute spines on inner edge, with evident mucro on inner apical angle. Protibia not sinuous on inner edge, metatibia and mesotibia straight in side view.

Tarsal segment 1 short, conical; segment 2 short and transverse; segment 3 shallowly bilobed; all segments with thin golden setae. Onychium curved, robust and quite short.

Female genitalia. See Figures: spermatheca ( Fig. 68 ), sternite VIII ( Fig. 107 ). Genitalia were examined in five specimens.

Paratype variability. No were observed significant differences in paratypes specimens (all females), except in size.

Distribution. See Fig. 139. Known Sicani Mountains near type locality Giuliana.

Etymology. Named from Julia (gens) the Latin name from which Giuliana village.

Ecology and Phenology. Collected by Berlese and Winkler extractors from soil obtained sifting the leaf litter on clay soil, of an olive grove in March and November, at 400–500 meters.

Collections in the other months gave negative results.

Main soil type. Vertic-Cambisol (European Soil Data Centre; Panagos et al. 2012).

Reproduction. Probably parthenogenetic. Species known from eight females.

Chorological relationships. Sympatric with Dolichomeira sp., genus usually wintry, at Giuliana and Chiusa Sclafani.

Figures

FIGURES 41 a – 41 g. Facies of Dodomeira adrianae species group: 41 a— D. juliae Bellò & Baviera sp. n. ♀ holotype; 41 b— D. laliaensis Bello & Baviera sp. n. ♀ holotype; 41 c— D. sicana Bello & Baviera sp. n. ♀ holotype; 41 d— D. sicelidis Bellò & Baviera sp. n. ♀ holotype; 41 e— D. siderea Bellò & Baviera sp. n. ♀ holotype. Facies of Dodomeira caoduroi species group: 41 f— D. caoduroi Bellò & Baviera sp. n. ♀ holotype; 41 g— D. confusa (Pierotti, 2012) topotype ♀.

FIGURE 150. “ Sicani, Palermo, Giuliana, 440 m ” type locality of D. juliae Bellò & Baviera sp. n. — Photo by C. Bellò. FIGURE 151. “ Palermo, Madonie, Alia, 630 m ” type locality of D. laliaensis Bellò & Baviera sp. n. — Photo by C. Baviera. FIGURE 152. “ Sicani, Palermo, Bivona, 420 m ” type locality of D. sicana Bellò & Baviera sp. n. — Photo by C. Bellò. FIGURE 153. “ Sicani, Palermo, Bisacquino, 550 m ” type locality of D. sicelidis Bellò & Baviera sp. n.

FIGURES 9 – 9 f. Dodomeira juliae Bellò & Baviera sp. n. holotype ♀ from “ Giuliana, Palermo ”: 9 — habitus dorsal view (scale bar: 1 mm); 9 a—habitus, lateral view; 9 b—pronotum and rostrum, lateral view; 9 c—pronotum, dorsal view; 9 d—elytral vestiture; 9 e—funicle and club; 9 f—spermatheca.

FIGURES 60 – 98. Spermatheca of: 60 — D. adrianae Bello & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 61 — D. alta Bello & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 62 — D. belicensis Bellò & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 63 — D. calatina Bellò & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 64 — D. enzoi Bellò & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 65 — D. forbicionii Bellò & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 66 — D. hiemalis Bellò & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 67 — D. ibleiensis Bellò & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 68 — D. juliae Bello & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 69 — D. laliaensis Bello & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 70 — D. sicana Bello & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 71 — D. sicelidis Bellò & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 72 — D. siderea Bellò & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 73 — D. caoduroi Bellò & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 74 — D. confusa (Pierotti, 2012), topotype; 75 — D. exigua (Stierlin, 1861), topotype; 76 — D. himerensis (Bellò & Baviera, 2011), paratype; 77 — D. trinacriae (Bellò & Baviera, 2011), paratype; 78 — D. genistae Bellò & Baviera sp. n. f # absent; 79 — D. margheritae Bello & Baviera sp. n., paratype; 80 — D. ficuzzensis (Bello & Baviera, 2011), holotype; 81 — D. silvanae Bellò & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 82 — D. maritimaensis Bellò & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 83 — D. petrensis (Bellò & Baviera, 2011), holotype; 84 — D. asinelliensis Bello & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 85 — D. pfisteri (Stierlin, 1864), topotype; 86 — D. angelae Bello & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 87 — D. bertoni Bellò & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 88 — D. elima Bellò & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 89 — D. fossor Bellò & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 90 — D. giustoi Bellò & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 91 — D. illuminatae Bellò & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 92 — D. magrinii Bellò & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 93 — D. montivaga Bello & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 94 — D. nobilis Bello & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 95 — D. paladinii Bello & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 96 — D. sabellai Bello & Baviera sp. n., paratype; 97 — D. zingara Bellò & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 98 — D. saccoi Bellò & Baviera sp. n., holotype.

FIGURES 99 – 137. VIII sternite of: 99 — D. adrianae Bello & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 100 — D. alta Bello & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 101 — D. belicensis Bellò & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 102 — D. calatina Bellò & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 103 — D. enzoi Bellò & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 104 — D. forbicionii Bellò & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 105 — D. hiemalis Bello & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 106 — D. ibleiensis Bello & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 107 — D. juliae Bello & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 108 — D. laliaensis Bellò & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 109 — D. sicana Bellò & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 110 — D. sicelidis Bellò & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 111 — D. siderea Bellò & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 112 — D. caoduroi Bello & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 113 — D. confusa (Pierotti, 2012), topotype; 114 — D. exigua (Stierlin, 1861), topotype; 115 — D. himerensis (Bellò & Baviera, 2011), paratype; 116 — D. trinacriae (Bellò & Baviera, 2011), paratype; 117 — D. genistae Bellò & Baviera sp. n., ♀ unknown; 118 — D. margheritae Bello & Baviera sp. n., paratype; 119 — D. ficuzzensis (Bellò & Baviera, 2011), holotype; 120 — D. silvanae Bellò & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 121 — D. maritimaensis Bellò & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 122 — D. petrensis (Bello & Baviera, 2011), holotype; 123 — D. asinelliensis Bello & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 124 — D. pfisteri (Stierlin, 1864), topotype; 125 — D. angelae Bellò & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 126 — D. bertoni Bellò & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 127 — D. elima Bellò & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 128 — D. fossor Bellò & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 129 — D. giustoi Bellò & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 130 — D. illuminatae Bello & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 131 — D. magrinii Bello & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 132 — D. montivaga Bellò & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 133 — D. nobilis Bellò & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 134 — D. paladinii Bellò & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 135 — D. sabellai Bellò & Baviera sp. n., paratype; 136 — D. zingara Bellò & Baviera sp. n., holotype; 137 — D. saccoi Bellò & Baviera sp. n., holotype.