Enchodelus saxifragae Popovici 1995

Enchodelus saxifragae Popovici, 1995 Enchodelus saxifragae Popovici, 1995; Popovici (1995 a) BLR: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8125535 Enchodelus saxifragae; Guerrero et al. (2008 b) BLR: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.811185 Enchodelus saxifragae; Ciobanu et al. (2010 a) BLR: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8111707 Enchodelus saxifragae; Peña-Santiago et al. (2015): 147 [figure] BLR: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10698092 Enchodelus saxifragae; Peña-Santiago (2021 b): 211 BLR: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo. 11191923 Distribution Enchodelus saxifragae is distributed in Western Palearctic, reported from different localities and habitats: Romania (type habitat: subalpine grassland on limestone, under Saxifraga moschata Wulf., 1950-2000 m a. s. l. - Popovici (1995 a), Popovici and Ciobanu (1997) / grasslands - Popovici (1998), Ciobanu and Popovici (2001) / cliff vegetation, subalpine meadow, 1450-2000 m a. s. l. - Ciobanu et al. (2010 a)) and Spain (hedgehog heath, psychroxerophilous pasture, pine forest with savin juniper, 1550-3350 m a. s. l. - Guerrero et al. (2008 b), Peña-Santiago et al. (2015)). Taxon discussion This species, originally described and later repeatedly recorded in Romania, is also known to occur in Spain. Ciobanu et al. (2010 a) re-examined its type material and noted the peculiar shape of the lateral guiding pieces, which was regarded as a relevant diagnostic feature. It is very close to E. groenlandicus, but it differs from this in lip region shape, degree of sclerotisations of the pars refringens vaginae and the presence of males. Peña-Santiago et al. (2015) provided its first molecular (18 S rDNA) study.