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Type: Article
Published: 2015-02-23
Page range: 401–430
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A review of the genus Solariola Flach, 1908 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae, Peritelini)

Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Messina University, Viale F. Stagno D’Alcontres, 31, 98164 Messina, Italy
Peritelini Sicily taxonomy typification

Abstract

The species of the Italian endemic weevil genus, Solariola Flach, 1908 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae), are revised, the genus is re-diagnosed, re-described and transferred from the tribe Otiorhynchini to Peritelini. Three new species are described: Solariola angelae n. sp. and Solariola pesarinii n. sp. from Sicily, and Solariola fraterna n. sp. from Calabria. Solariola hirtula (A. Solari & F. Solari, 1923) is considered a good species and not a subspecies of Solariola gestroi (A. Solari & F. Solari, 1904), bringing the total number of species considered valid to 9. All the previously described species are re-described in detail. Distribution, ecology, maps and figures are provided for all the species of the genus, as well as a species-level identification key and a checklist of all known species.