New and interesting records of jewel and longhorn beetles from Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park, Italy (Coleoptera: Buprestidae and Cerambycidae)

Abstract

The present article lists distributional data about 19 taxa, which are new records for the Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park, respectively – 16 jewel and 3 longhorn beetles. Data about 4 Italian endemics (2 buprestids and 2 cerambycids) are listed, and the category of risk according to the Italian IUCN Red Lists is also indicated for each species (when available); among the listed species, 1 is Endangered, 1 is Near threatened and 27 are Least concern.

A checklist and areography of Buprestidae, Vesperidae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) in Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park, Italy

“…P. Tollis (Malaise trap) (EM); S Bisegna vill., 41°53'03 ''N, 13°45'44''E, 1310m a.s.l., 19.06.2011S Ortona dei Marsi vill., 41°59'34''N, 13°44'01''E, 910 m a.s.l., 21.06.2011, 1ex. ;S San Sebastiano dei Marsi vill., 1190m a.s.l., 41°56'02''N, 13°45'42''E, 1190m a.s.l., 26.06.2011 (Sakalian et al 2020). Chorotype: Endemic.…”

“…Aegosoma scabricorne (Scopoli, 1763) Pescasseroli; Opi; Ortona dei Marsi (Sakalian et al 2020). Chorotype: European-Iranian.…”

“…Civitella Alfedena; Le Cese; Colle dei gatti; Colli Merini; Lago di Barrea; Cerchio; Ortona dei Marsi (Sakalian et al 2020). Chorotype: Endemic following the classification of Danilevsly ( 2021).…”

“…In addition, Vigna Taglianti (1994) describes a new species of ground beetle, Ocys tassii. Recently, new taxa and distributional data of endemic and threatened buprestid and cerambycid species in Abruzo, Lazio and Molise National Park have been reported (Sakalian et al 2020). New papers on the ecology, ethology and distribution of xylophagous beetles are in preparation by Franco Tassi and colleagues.…”

“…The aim of this study is to summarise the published data on the jewel and longhorn beetles in Abruzo, Lazio and Molise National Park, to report additionally collected material and published records not mentioned in Sakalian et al (2020) and to make a zoogeographical analysis of the buprestid and cerambycid fauna in the National Park.…”