Bolbelasmus romanorum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Geotrupidae
Subfamilia: Bolboceratinae
Tribus: Bolbelasmini
Genus: Bolbelasmus
Species: Bolbelasmus romanorum

Name

Bolbelasmus romanorum Arnone & Massa, 2010

Type locality: Sicily

Holotype: Sicily (1♂and 1♀tentatively identified as B. gallicus by Reitter) (paratypi, Coll. Ragusa, MZUCT; Sicily, Balestrate, foce Calatubo (Palermo) 17.III.74, B. Massa (1 ♂) (holotypus,MSNG); Sicily, Pedalino (Ragusa) 1.V.72, A.Monastra (1 ♀) (allotypus, MSNG); Sicily, Marausa (Trapani) 18.XII.83, V.Aliquò (1 ♂) (paratypus, coll. Aliquò, Palermo); Sicily, Vendicari Nature Reserve (Siracusa) 18.IV.09, B.Massa (1 ♂) (paratypus, coll. Arnone, Palermo); Sicily, Niscemi (Caltanissetta) IV.06 and XI.09,M.Zafarana (1 ♂, 1 ♀); Sicily, Bosco Santo Pietro Nature Reserve (Catania) X.98, M.Zafarana (1 ♂) (paratypi, coll. Zafarana, Niscemi); Sicily, Menfi 6.XI.09, 14.XI.09, 20.III.10, 28.III.10, 4.IV.10, 13.XI.10, A.Carapezza (1 ♂, 5 ♀♀) (paratypi, coll. Arnone, Palermo).

Synonymy

• Status:   invalid   [synonym of Bolbelasmus vaulogeri (Abeille De Perrin, 1898)]

References

• Arnone; Massa 2010: A new species of Bolbelasmus Boucomont, 1911 from Sicily (Italy). Il Naturalista siciliano (4), 34(3-4): 401–414.