Lygistopterus anorachilus Ragusa, 1883 (Coleoptera, Lycidae), morphological and faunistic remarks

Fabrizio Fanti; Francesco Vitali

doi:10.4081/nhs.2013.71

Lygistopterus anorachilus Ragusa, 1883 (Coleoptera, Lycidae), morphological and faunistic remarks

https://doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2013.71

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Vol. 154 No. 1 (2013)

Submitted: 5 February 2014
Accepted: 5 February 2014

Published: 1 January 2013

Coleoptera Lycidae, Lygistopterus, morphology, aedeagus, geonemy

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Fabrizio Fanti
fantifab@alice.it
Via del Tamburino 69, 53040 Piazze (Siena), Italy.
Francesco Vitali 7a, rue Jean-Pierre Huberty, L-1742, Luxembourg.

The differential characters of the Italian endemism Lygistopterus anorachilus Ragusa, 1883 and Lygistopterus sanguineus (Linnaeus, 1758) are revised. New morphological characters concerning head and prothorax and, for the first time, male genitalia are provided. The Italian distribution of Lygistopterus anorachilus is updated.

Fanti, F., & Vitali, F. (2013). Lygistopterus anorachilus Ragusa, 1883 (Coleoptera, Lycidae), morphological and faunistic remarks. Natural History Sciences, 154(1), 71–75. https://doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2013.71