The Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) of the Nebrodi Mountains (North-Eastern Sicily, Italy)

Authors

  • Cosimo Baviera Università degli Studi di Messina
  • Giovanni Altadonna
  • Calogero Muscarella
  • Stefano Ziani

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1478/AAPP.1022A1

Keywords:

Biodiversity, Scarabeoidea, Nebrodi Mountains

Abstract

This paper provides a faunal inventory of the Coleoptera Scarabaeoidea of the Nebrodi Mountains, based on historical bibliographical data along with new material collected by the authors in the last few decades and the examination of other public and private collections. A total of 117 species are reported, including both the list of 91 species so far recorded (five of which seem worthy of confirmation) and its update with 31 new records for this territory (with the first record of Anisoplia sabatinellii Baraud, 1991 from Sicily). For 59 species new distributional data are also given. Some biogeographical and conservationistic considerations on the Scarabaeoidea fauna of the Nebrodi Mountains are finally provided.

Author Biographies

  • Cosimo Baviera, Università degli Studi di Messina
    Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Biologiche, Farmaceutiche e Ambientali, Contrada Papardo, 98166 Messina
  • Giovanni Altadonna
    Contrada Filangeri s.n.c., Pistunina, 98125 Messina
  • Calogero Muscarella
    Cooperativa Silene, Via D’Ondes Reggio 8A, Scala G, 90127 Palermo
  • Stefano Ziani
    GeoL@b APS, Via Laderchi 3, 48018 Faenza (RA)

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Published

2024-07-25

Issue

Vol. 102 No. 2 (2024)

Section

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