Information: The subspecies corrosus Brandt & Erichson 1832 is endemic to southern Italy and Sicily.
The nominate form of this polytypic species is widely distributed in the Macaronesian archipelagos, from the Iberian Peninsula through southern Europe, Near East, Caucasus and Central Asia, East to Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Western China, from Morocco through northern Africa, east to Egypt, Levant and Iran.
Body length: 10 - 30 mm
Peak activity: February - April, November - December
Remarks: Meloe tuccia ssp. corrosus, is a rarer species that in Sicily prefers open and sunny habitats with low vegetation, especially the edges of stands in sandy and steppe areas.
Distribution: Italy
Zoogeographic region: Palearctic
Italian macro-regions: Peninsular Italy (S), Insular Italy (Si/Sa)
Italian regions: Puglia, Basilicata, Calabria, Sicily
Extra-Italian regions: Corsica
Taxonomic classification:
Material examined (& observation):
Italy 
Sicily
Caltanissetta Province
Riserva Naturale Orientata Sughereta di Niscemi
7km SE of Niscemi
(GPS) 
Altitude 300 m a.s.l. | 14.11.-5.12.2020
Our observation period: November ~ December
Sampling Methods: in grassy vegetation 
Italy
