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Antonio Verdugo & Alain Drumont, 2015. Revisión del género Calicnemis Laporte, 1832. Enfoques morfológico y genético. R.A.R.E., supplément au tome XXIV. 64 pp. 13 Planches, 153 figs.(Bilingue español, français).

Acaba de aparecer este trabajo tras casi cinco años de esfuerzo, que hemos culminado reduciendo el elenco específico del género a sólo dos especies: C. latreillei Laporte, 1832 y C. obesa (Erichson, 1841), esta con dos subespecies, la nominal y C. obesa ssp. sardiniensis Leo, 1985.

Por razones de copyright no podemos ofrecer en "open-access" el artículo, el Supplementum de RARE tiene un módico precio y puede pedirse a Serge Peslier, Presidente de la Asociación Roussillonnaise de Entomologie, al mail: r.a.r.e at free dot com

Cordiali saluti
Antonio

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Antonio Verdugo
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Grazie mille Antonio....

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Andrea Carlin, Pergine Valsugana (TN) carlin.andrea(AT)gmail.com

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Un bellissimo lavoro il cui Abstract:
– A revision of the genus Calicnemis Laporte, 1832 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae), based on the
examination of 480 specimens, including the typical material is presented. The genus Calicnemis includes species
restricted to the sandy beaches of the Atlantic coast and the western part of the Mediterranean. The habitus of many
specimens of all taxa, including all types and all escamined localities for each taxon is illustrated. Data on the
morphology of eggs and larvae, on the natural history and the ecology of this genus also provided. In addition, a key
to the taxa, and a comprehensive list of publications of the genus Calicnemis are proposed. In this revision, we have
combined a classic morphological study with a genetic analysis involving DNA barcoding to identify unequivocally
the existence of three different taxa within the genus Calicnemis. After the combination of these two complementary
studies, we are able to establish that the genus Calicnemis is composed of two species, C. latreillei Laporte, 1832
and C. obesa (Erichson, 1841), the latter being composed of two sub-species, the nominotypical subspecies one and
C. obesa sardiniensis Leo, 1985 comb. nov.. We confirm the spelling Calicnemis latreillei Laporte, 1832 to use for
the genus and its type-species. Two synonymies previously established, Calicnemis atlantica Mosconi, 1996 and
Calicnemis bercedoi López-Colón, 2004 = Calicnemis obesa (Erichson, 1841), are confirmed. Calicnemis bahilloi
López-Colón, 2003 is recognized as a new synonym for Calicnemis obesa (Erichson, 1841). A neotype is
designated for Calicnemis latreillei and a lectotype for Colorhinus obesus Erichson, 1841.

Congratulazioni agli autori: un lavoro davvero approfondito! Bravi!