G. it. Ent., 15 (65): 699-706
March 2020
Una nuova Torneuma Wollaston, 1860
della Sicilia occidentale
(Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Cryptorhynchinae)
di
PAOLO MAGRINI & ALESSANDRO PALADINI
Abstract - A new Torneuma Wollaston, 1860 from western Sicily (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Cryptorhynchinae) - It is herein described and illustrated a new Sicilian taxon of endogean weevil - Torneuma benellii n. sp. -, collected at Sughereta di Angimbé, 350 m a.s.l., Madonna del Giubino, Calatafimi-Segesta (Trapani), where it is syntopic with Torneuma deplanatum deplanatum Hampe, 1864. The new species, medium-sized, for the shape of both pronotum and the armature of the aedeagal internal sac, belongs to the siculum group (sensu STÜBEN, 2018). It is easily distinguishable from the other taxa of the group mainly for the peculiar shape of both the aedeagus - thick, robust, with squarish apex -, and the basal armature of the aedeagal internal sac, with two broad and symmetric lateral sclerites, anteriorly separated and posteriorly appressed.
