G. it. Ent., 15 (63): 37-48
March 2018
Diagnosi preliminare di
una nuova Typhloreicheia Holdhaus, 1924
della Sardegna nord-occidentale
(Coleoptera, Carabidae, Scaritinae)
di
P. MAGRINI & L. FANCELLO
Abstract - Preliminary diagnosis of a new Typhloreicheia Holdhaus, 1924 from NW Sardinia (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Scaritinae) - Aim of this contribution is to give the preliminary diagnosis of a new endogean coastal ground beetle of Sardinia - Typhloreicheia argentierae n. sp. -, collected by sieving clay soil in the Argentiera area, on the Nurra coast [Porto Palmas (Palmadula), Sassari], in xeric habitat, by the sea, not so suitable for collecting endogean insects. The new species, based just on a single slightly immature male, shows characters that easily separate it from all the known species of the genus, though affinities are difficult to ascertain owing to the scarcely chitinized internal sac of the aedeagus. The new taxon is so compared with the 4 geographically nearest species: Typhloreicheia raymondi (Putzeys, 1869), Typhloreicheia arganoi Vigna Taglianti, 2001 [the species is photographed for the first time], Typhloreicheia vignai Magrini, 2003 and Typhloreicheia denticulata (Holdhaus, 1924).
