title: A new species of the enigmatic genus Osphyoplesius from Sicily (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Pythidae).
abstract: Osphyoplesius is an obscure Palearctic genus tentatively placed in Pythidae, comprising one species from Crimea and one from Greece, each of them collected only once. A third species is here described from Sicily, based on recently collected specimens. Despite the poor sample, statistic analysis of morphometrical data allowed to confirm the differentiation between the new species and its closest relative, and revealed the existence of sexual dimorphism in the genus.
authors.affiliation: c/o Museo di Storia Naturale dell'Università di Firenze, Sezione di Zoologia "La Specola", Via Romana, 17 - 50125 Firenze, Italy (external collaborator). Home: Via Gianfilippo Braccini, 7 - 50141 Firenze.; Email: duvalius@paolomagrini.it.
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Magrini
authors.affiliation: Museo di Storia Naturale di Venezia, S. Croce 1730 - 30135 Venezia, Italy.; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uliana
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D012802:Sicily