Callicera spinolae Rondani 1844

Callicera spinolae Rondani, 1844 Materials Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; preparations: pinned; occurrenceID: 497FA59D-ED1C-5123-A580-E31D0334C394; Location: country: Italy; stateProvince: Piedmont; locality: Moncalieri (TO); Identification: identifiedBy: Lorenzo Bianco; Umberto Maritano; Event: samplingProtocol: pinned specimen; eventDate: 1938-09; Record Level: type: Dry pinned specimen; collectionID: University of Turin DISAFA agricultural entomology collection, Grugliasco (TO) Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1; lifeStage: adult; behavior: foraging; occurrenceID: C85DD63B-0834-587E-8659-F531A0EAD862; Location: country: Italy; stateProvince: Piedmont; municipality: Bussoleno (TO); locality: Foresto hamlet; verbatimElevation: 513 m; verbatimLatitude: 45 ° 08 ' 34 '' N; verbatimLongitude: 7 ° 06 ' 52 '' E; verbatimCoordinateSystem: WGS 84; decimalLatitude: 45.1427777; decimalLongitude: 7.1144444; geodeticDatum: WGS 84; Identification: identifiedBy: Umberto Maritano; Event: samplingProtocol: ad hoc observation; eventDate: 2023-09 - 19; eventTime: 16: 30; eventRemarks: foraging on Hedera helix; Record Level: type: Observed Notes Callicera spinolae is a vulnerable species (Vujić et al. 2022) and it is reported here as a new species for the Piedmont region fauna with an old unpublished specimen found with the label “ Moncalieri IX 1938 Dr. F. Festa ”, dry and pinned in the University of Turin DISAFA collection in Grugliasco (TO), and an observed specimen in Susa Valley (Fig. 6). In Susa Valley the specimen was observed at 5: 00 pm on a large ivy bloom (the same reported below in Doros destillatorius) but we missed collecting it and despite other attempts to find it on subsequent days it never came back to the same plant. Although not captured, we can say with certainty that it was a Callicera spinolae specimen as it is the only Callicera species present in this type of habitat.