TY - JOUR T1 - Lectotype designation and redescription of Bathysciola destefanii (Ragusa, 1881) (Coleoptera, Cholevidae) from Sicily (Italy) JF - Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona Y1 - 2012 A1 - LATELLA, L SP - 67 EP - 72 KW - Bathysciola KW - Cholevidae KW - Italy KW - lectotype KW - Leptodirinae KW - paralectotypes KW - Sicily. KW - taxonomy AB -

Bathysciola destefanii (Ragusa, 1881) was originally described as Adelops destefanii on the basis of four females collected by Enrico Ragusa in Navurra, near Altavilla (Palermo Province). Only a sketch of the habitus and left antenna were reported in the original description; later on R. Jeannel in his “Revision des Bathysciinae” gave a short description of the species and provided the drawing of the internal sac of the aedeagus; in the “Monographie des Bathysciinae”, the same Author reported the drawing of the apex of the paramer. In this paper Bathysciola destefanii is redescribed based on the four typical specimens and new specimens collected in other localities in Western Sicily. Pictures of the diagnostic features are provided and the lectotype and paralectotypes are designated.

VL - 36 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Una nuova Bathysciola dei monti Ausoni (Coleoptera, Cholevidae) JF - FRge Y1 - 1993 A1 - Rampini, M A1 - LATELLA, L SP - 165 EP - 172. VL - 24 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Cold stenothermal cave-dwelling beetles do have an HSP70 heat shock response JF - Journal of Thermal Biology Y1 - 2011 A1 - P. Bernabò A1 - LATELLA, L A1 - O. Jousson A1 - Lencioni, V SP - 206 EP - 208 KW - cold stenothermal KW - heat shock proteins KW - neobathyscia mancinii KW - neobathyscia pasai KW - thermal stress AB - The response to high temperatures in adults of two cold stenothermal cave-dwelling leptodirins, Neobathyscia mancinii and Neobathyscia pasai (Coleoptera, Cholevidae) was evaluated by determinating levels of gene expression of two members of the family of heat shock proteins 70 kDa by qPCR. In both species, hsc70 mRNA level was constant with increasing temperature, whereas a significant increase in the inducible member (hsp70) mRNA was observed, higher in N. pasai. This difference could be due to their in-cave distribution: N. pasai colonizes the cave entrance where the temperature is more variable than the internal part where N. mancinii is confined. These results demonstrated for the first time the occurrence of a heat shock response in troglobite insects and suggest the correlation between the intensity of this response and the adaptation to the cave environment. VL - 36(3) ER -