PITYOPHAGUS QUERCUS REITTER, 1877, A NEW SAPROXYLIC SAP BEETLE FOR THE ITALIAN FAUNA (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae)

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  • Paolo Audisio
  • Stefano Chiari
  • Agnese Zauli
  • Nicklas Jansson
  • Giuseppe Maria Carpaneto

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https://doi.org/10.13133/2284-4880/41

Abstract

During ecological investigations on saproxylic beetle communities of central Italy (Latium), at Bosco Polverino (a mixed evergreen/deciduous forest fragment dominated by cork oaks), and at Allumiere (a small fragment of beech forest surrounded by turkey oak stands), the authors found three specimens of Pityophagus quercus Reitter, 1877 (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae). These are the first known records of this species in Italy, and the first one in association with an evergreen oak, Quercus suber. This discovery led us to review both bionomical and faunistic data so far available on this exceedingly rare and poorly known species.

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Published

2011-10-31

How to Cite

Audisio, P., Chiari, S., Zauli, A., Jansson, N. and Carpaneto, G. M. (2011) “PITYOPHAGUS QUERCUS REITTER, 1877, A NEW SAPROXYLIC SAP BEETLE FOR THE ITALIAN FAUNA (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae)”, Fragmenta entomologica, 43(2), pp. 147–152. doi: 10.13133/2284-4880/41.

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