Cephennium dolomitanum, Kahlen & Eckelt, 2024

Cephennium dolomitanum nov.sp. ( Figs 63-66 View Figs 63-66 , 86 View Figs 79-87 )

C. bucciarellii BESUCHET i.l.

T y p e M a t e r i a l: Holotype ♁: Italy / Trentino , Selva di Grigno, 300 m, 46.0142°N, 11.5953°E, 10.6.1978, leaf litter, leg. Kahlen. / Cephennium dolomitanum nov.sp. ♁ det. Kahlen GoogleMaps / Holotype ( TLMF) . Paratypes: 10♁♁: same data as holotype. leg. Kahlen ( TLMF) ; 5♁♁: Italy / Trentino , Val Noana , Val Carbonere , 1200 m, 46.1242°N, 11.85°E, as well as Val Noana, surroundings of Rifugio Fonteghi, 1100 m, 46.1389°N, 11.8589°E, 3.6.1977, beech litter, leg. Kahlen ( TLMF) GoogleMaps ; 4♁♁ 3♀♀: Italy / Pordenone , Cansiglio , Col Brombolo SW slope, 1200 m, 46.0324°N, 12.4151°E, 17.6.1974, beech litter, leg. Kahlen ( TLMF), 2♁♁ 1♀: Italia / Treviso , Miane-Campea, Carpene, 250 m, 45.9253°N, 12.1075°E, 26.5.1990, leaf litter, leg. Kahlen ( TLMF) GoogleMaps .

Type material collection Meybohm : Paratypes, all cMey: Italia / Trentino : 3♁♁ 7♀♀: Val Noana, Val Carbonere, 1200 m, 46.1242°N, 11.85°E, 3./ 4.6.1977, leg. V. Brachat GoogleMaps ; 2♁♁ 1♀: Selva di Grigno , 300 m, 46.0142°N, 11.5953°E, 6.8.1978, leg. H. Daffner. Italia / Treviso: 1♁: Guia, 300 m, 45.9123°N, 12.0547°E, 16.5.1985, leg. H. Daffner GoogleMaps ; 1♀: Valdobbiadene , 250 m, 45.9016°N, 11.9958°E, 11.6.1990, leg. H. Daffner GoogleMaps ; 1♁: Valdobiadene Saccol , Col Croset, 250 m, 45.8971°N, 12.0209°E, 2.5.1990, leg. H. Daffner GoogleMaps ; 2♁♁: Valdobbiadene , Pian de Farnè, 1100 m, 45,9250°N, 12,0278°E, 26.9.2013, leg. H. Meybohm GoogleMaps ; 1♁: Monte Cesen , Val Paula, 1450 m, 45.9435°N, 12.0263°E, 10.6.1089, leg. H. Daffner GoogleMaps ; 1♁: Monte Cesen , 1300 m, 45.9589°N, 12.0244°E, 4.10.2013, leg. H. Meybohm GoogleMaps ; 1♁: Cornuda , Castelcucco, Collalto, 300 m, 45.8396°N, 11.8971°E, 15.6.1990, leg. H. Daffner GoogleMaps ; 1♁ 1♀: Refrontolo , 200 m, 45.9254°N, 12.2076°E, 3.5.1986. leg. V. Brachat GoogleMaps ; 1♁: Campea W, 240 m, 45.9206°N, 12.0870°E, 2.10.2013, leg. H. Meybohm GoogleMaps ; 2♁♁: Bosco del Cansiglio , Val Vallorch, 1200 m, 46.0517°N, 12.3655°E, 16.6.1974, leg. V. Brachat GoogleMaps ; 1♀: Nervesa NW, Fiume Piave , 100 m, 45.8533°N, 12.1611°E, 2.10.2013, leg. H. Meybohm. Italia / Belluno: 1♀: Monte Faverghera, 1600 m, 46.0795°N, 12.3003°E, 6.11.1981, leg. H. Daffner GoogleMaps ; 2♁♁: Cansiglio , 1000-1200 m, leg. Stolz ; 2♁♁ 3♀♀: Monte Grappa , Malga Piz, 1320 m, 45.8841°N, 11.8558°E, 6.10.2013, leg. H. Meybohm. All specimens det. Kahlen. GoogleMaps

Additional information of non type material: Numerous records from various locations in the Bosco del Cansiglio area; Agordo, Feltre/Monte Pavione, Passo San Boldo, Possagno, Conegliano/San Michele di Feletto, Montello (unpublished notes by Besuchet).

E t y m o l o g y: The specific name derives from its predominant occurrence in the Dolomites.

D e s c r i p t i o n: Habitus as in Fig. 63 View Figs 63-66 . Body length 1.05-1.1 mm. Body uniformly light reddish-brown and shiny, fairly dense and long hairs, somewhat erect. Head with individual isolated punctures. Punctures on pronotum and elytra equally strong, but more widespread on pronotum. The Pronotum is noticeably narrower than elytra in males and lacks a basal bump. In males, the tibiae are inconspicuous, without any particular features. Ventral side: ♁ with metaventrite shiny, almost flat, uniformly coarsely and densely punctured at the centre and its edges, becoming much finer and more widespread towards the outer sides. Hairs short and appressed ( Fig. 65 View Figs 63-66 ). Genitalia: Length 0.37 mm. Dorsal view Fig. 64 View Figs 63-66 and 86 View Figs 79-87 ., lateral view Fig. 66 View Figs 63-66 .