Riassunto: Questo articolo, di carattere essenzialmente compilativo ma arricchito da numerosi dati inediti, prende in considerazione la corologia delle specie italiane della Famiglia Cantharidae e riflette il punto di vista personale dell'autore relativamente a numerose indicazioni dubbie presenti in letteratura. La forma proposta è quella di un Catalogo delle specie italiane di Cantharidae con l'indicazione esplicita di tutte le regioni nelle quali ogni specie è nota. i taxa che attualmente compongono la famiglia, conosciuti per l'italia, sono 219 (215 specie e 4 sottospecie), ai quali bisogna aggiungere le 12 specie che sono state ritenute dubbie, o dal punto di vista della validità tassonomica, oppure perché la loro presenza in italia resta da confermare (citazioni molto vecchie e/o dubbie). Molte specie sono citate per la prima volta ( . the species to be excluded from the italian fauna are also briefly discussed.
Cacomorphocerus eocenicus sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) is described and illustrated on the base of one well-preserved specimen from Eocene Baltic amber. It is the sixth described species of this fossil genus, and it is characterized by possessing antennomeres 6-7 that are slightly modified and dilated (while antennomeres 3-9 are modified, and saucer-shaped in other known species). A key to the fossil species of Cacomorphocerus is here provided.
Abstract. Only in recent years have new genera and species of the subfamily
Silinae Mulsant, 1862 been described as inclusions in amber. However,
no representative of the genus Silis Charpentier, 1825 had been described from
Baltic amber, even if few specimens were already known at the generic level.
Silis lombardii sp. nov. is entirely dark brown and shows (as usual for the genus) the
two characteristic lobes in the sides of pronotum, elongated elytra, and a
basal small tooth only on the anterior claws. The Eocene findings show that
the subfamily is of ancient origin and that at least in the Eocene it was
much more abundant than today in the same territories, where only two
species are known. (urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:76887127-3D24-41DA-86CC-7DCAB40DC3B7)
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