The Cassidinae and Cryptocephalini (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae) of Sicily: recent records and updated checklist

Authors

  • Cosimo Baviera Università degli Studi di Messina
  • Davide Sassi Università degli Studi di Milano

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1478/AAPP.982A7

Keywords:

Leaf beetles, Insects, Faunistic

Abstract

This paper compiles an updated checklist of the Sicilian Cassidinae and Cryptocephalini species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae and Cryptocephalinae) starting from a critical bibliographic screening and adding new material, mainly collected by the first author in the last few decades. A total of 61 species is reported, with new data for many rarely collected taxa. The provided data expand the known distribution of many uncommon species in Sicily. Two species are recorded for the first time: Cassida inopinata Sassi and Borowiec, 2006 and Cryptocephalus (Cryptocephalus) bimaculatus Fabricius, 1781 and two uncertain presences are confirmed: Cassida deflorata Suffrian, 1844 and Cassida nobilis Linné, 1758. The presence of other sixteen species is considered questionable and needs further confirmation.

Author Biographies

  • Cosimo Baviera, Università degli Studi di Messina
    Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Biologiche, Farmaceutiche e Ambientali
  • Davide Sassi, Università degli Studi di Milano
    Centro Interdipartimentale di Studi Applicati per la Gestione Sostenibile e la Difesa della Montagna

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Published

2020-12-14

Issue

Vol. 98 No. 2 (2020)

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