Autore Risposta: Axel
Inserita il: 25 gennaio 2013 20:21:11
Messaggio:

Hi Tore,
Congratualtion! This seems to be the first record of a Dicranopalpus from Sardinia. There are other records around Italy, although they seem extremely rare.
Three "names" (if "good" species?) are to be considered:

Dicranopalpus brevipes Marcellino, 1970: From Sicily, but the description, especially the coloration and the proportion of the palps does not match.

D. insignipalpis Simon, 1879: Used for animals from Corsica and was my best bet, as there are certainly connections to that fauna and Sardinia. But it seems proportion of the palps is different and coloration does not match.

D. larvatus Canestrini, 1874: From Italy, Calabria and Abruzzo, but I don't have the original description. Roewer redescribes it, but I am not sure if the identity of his material is reliable. Yet the description, especially the blackisch coloration matches somehow, so it could be this. The palps are different, but maybe we compare the wrong gender.

The last option is an new endemic for Sardinia (although the word endemic seems to trouble some people here...). I actually think it is a male, for the strong and contrasting coloration. Please preserve it so we can look at it later, material for comparison with at least D. insignipalpis is present in Mainz. It is a very valuable finding in any case! If you can find some more, maybe even females, that would be great!
Greetings!
Axel