Hydraena (s.str.) aethaliensis Breit, 1917
Fam.: Hydraenidae
Subfam.: Hydraeninae
~2,6mm
An endemism that lives only on the Island of Elba.
The species is still quite common on the island, although difficult to find.
It lives in streams with fast waters, clinging to rocks.
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Over 15 years of research are collected in this volume, of which I am proud to be co-author. 3 new species are described and 394 species of Curculionoidea present in the Tuscan Archipelago are listed.
Download here: researchgate.net/profile/Leonar…#weevili#coleopterar#beetlele

I am really very proud of this work.
Thanks to everyone who collaborated.🤗

It's about us:
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Link to paper:
doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12 

Research Gate:
researchgate.net/publication/37 

Come primo post su questa piattaforma che spero non si “inquini” …voglio iniziare mostrandovi questa bella quanto minuscola specie (~1,5mm). Si tratta di Lepidapion argentatum e vive su Genista monspessulana. La perfezione in poco più di un millimetro!😍
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