Description of a new Rhizotrogus Latreille, 1825 (Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae), from the Island of Pantelleria (Sicily Channel, Italy) Author Sparacio, Ignazio Via Principe di Paterno' 3, Palermo, Italy Author Muscarella, Calogero https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7573-9204 Cooperativa Silene, Palermo, Italy Author Di Giulio, Andrea 0000-0003-0508-0751 Department of Science, Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy & National Biodiversity Future Center - NBFC, Palermo, Italy Author Ruzzier, Enrico 0000-0003-1020-1247 Department of Science, Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy & National Biodiversity Future Center - NBFC, Palermo, Italy text Biodiversity Data Journal 2025 2025-07-02 13 e 154423 e 154423 journal article 10.3897/BDJ.13.e154423 48407873-20A8-4835-8189-17F406430DEE

Table 1. Lixt synonymies

TAXON	COUNTRY	LOCUS TYPICUS
Rhizotrogus pallidipennis Blanchard 1851: 146	ALGERIA	“ Algérie (Boghar) ”
Rhizotrogus anachoreta Rosenhauer 1856: 120	SPAIN	“ Sierra de Ronda [Malaga] ”
Rhizotrogus gulosus Fairmaire 1860: 438	ALGERIA	“ Algérie (Collect. Reiche) ”
Rhizotrogus signatitarsis Chevrolat 1866: 102	SPAIN	“ Valladolid, le long du Canal de Léon ”
Rhizotrogus lepidus Schafuss 1869: 16	SPAIN - Balearic Islands	“ Menorca, See de Bufereta, Arenal de Bini Malla [Minorca, Bufereta, Binimel. la beach] ”
Rhizotrogus vexator Schafuss 1869: 17	SPAIN - Balearic Islands	“ Menorca … Mahon [Minorca, Mahón] ”
Rhizotrogus areolus Reitter 1902: 203	SPAIN	“ Gibraltar ”
Rhizotrogus phidias Reitter 1902: 216	ALGERIA	“ Algier ”
(Amphimallon) menorcanum Reitter 1902: 241	SPAIN - Balearic Islands	Minorca. See Montreuil, 1997
Rhizotrogus occidentalis Escalera 1914: 172	MOROCCO	“ Mogador, Mskala, Glaui, Casablanca, Ued Draa ”