A revision of distribution, ecology and conservation issues of the threatened comb-claw beetle Gerandryus aetnensis (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae, Alleculinae)

Authors

  • Irene Piccini Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Turin
  • Luca Cristiano Museum of Natural History of Carmagnola (Turin)
  • Viviana Di Pietro Laboratory of Socioecology and Social Evolution, KU Leuven
  • Simona Bonelli Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Turin
  • Alessandro B. Biscaccianti Laboratorio di Entomologia ed Ecologia Applicata, Department PAU, Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13133/2284-4880/481

Keywords:

saproxylic beetles, Alleculinae, IUCN threatened species, geonemy, endemic/subendemic species, Italy

Abstract

Gerandryus aetnensis (Rottenberg, 1871) is a rare and localized beetle, previously known only for Maritime Alps and Sicily. In this paper we provide a revision of geonemy, ecology and status of conservation, including a proposal for a new assessment of its extinction risk in the framework of the European saproxylic beetles, based upon several new records from western Alps, northern, central, southern Apen- nine, and Sicily. Thus, the species is a W-Alpino-Apenninic subendemic saproxylic species, associated to tree hollows in both coniferous and deciduous forests. We also propose to assess G. aetnensis as Vulnerable at global and Italian level.

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Published

2021-03-19

How to Cite

Piccini, I., Cristiano, L., Di Pietro, V., Bonelli, S. and Biscaccianti, A. B. (2021) “A revision of distribution, ecology and conservation issues of the threatened comb-claw beetle Gerandryus aetnensis (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae, Alleculinae)”, Fragmenta entomologica, 53(1), pp. 13–20. doi: 10.13133/2284-4880/481.

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