G. it. Ent., 15 (64): 373-390
March 2019
Sull'identità di Reicheia balearica Español, 1974,
con istituzione del nuovo genere Gymnetoreicheia
(Coleoptera, Carabidae, Scaritinae, Clivinini)
di
PAOLO MAGRINI, LUCA FANCELLO & ACHILLE CASALE
Abstract - On the identity of Reicheia balearica Español, 1974, with establishment of the new genus Gymnetoreicheia (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Scaritinae, Clivinini) - Reicheia balearica Español, 1974 from Mallorca (Balearic Islands, Spain), known so far only from hypogean habitat, and the only species of Reicheiina known from the Balearic Islands, is re-examined based on four specimens from the type locality. Owing to the absence of the basal border of pronotum and other important morphological characteristics of the exoskeleton and genitalia as well, the species is recognized as foreign to the genus Reicheia Saulcy, 1862 and attributed to the new, monospecific, genus Gymnetoreicheia Magrini, Fancello & Casale, with the new combination Gymnetoreicheia balearica (Español, 1974). The new genus is compared with the other Mediterranean genera characterized by vanished basal border of pronotum.
