Hello from Italy: Glomeridae ID

Dear Luca,

firstofall: welcome here on bord.

Quick reply to the second pic:
I dunno want to lead u up the garden path, but i assume:
Glomeridae Glomeris [lexicon]sp.[/lexicon], quite common in italy

Hope this helps

Greez,
Shura and the whole bunch

Dear Luca,

This is Glomeris romana. Verhoeff mentions in the first description that sometimes this species is coloured so black that the lighter colourpattern is only hard to see and only the lighter area of the anal shield is visible. In some cases they are totally coloured black except 2nd segment. So it mathces very good with your pictures.

G. marginata never has a lighter stripe at the front of 2nd segment. Only the posterior margins are coloured white/yellow/reddish but it never occures in central Italy.

Best regards
Peter

Ciao Luca,

superficially G. aurita seems to fit. I also checked this species before but this species was described from the Lombardy (Lago di Como) and is also known from other locations there (Tapolo), 500 km away from Rome. If you carefully compare the descriptions/picture of G. auritia and romana there are some differences in coloration of the 2nd segment. In G. romana there is just a red parallel margination at the anterior side. In G. aurita there is a red dot on each side that's reaching from the anterior side over the lateral sides reaching nearly the posterior edge of 2nd segment. At the front side these two spots are connected. The coloured margination is much bigger and looks more waved than the parallel narrow margination in G. romana .