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The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia, Coccinelloidea) of Sicily: recent records and updated checklist

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: This paper compiles an updated checklist of Sicilian (including the circum-Sicilian islets) species of Coccinellidae based on historical bibliographical data along with new Sicilian material collected by the author and other entomologists in the last few decades. A total of 90 species are reported, including new data for many species often rare in Sicily. Nephus (Bipunctatus) bicinctus (Mulsant and Godart 1872); Scymnus (Pullus) impexus Mulsant, 1850, Scymnus (Scymnus) femoralis (Gyllenhal, 1827), Hyperaspis algirica Crotch, 1874, Sospita vigintiduopunctata Linnaeus, 1758, were recorded for the first time from Sicily.

Source: Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti. Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali/Atti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti, Classe di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali

DOI: 10.1478/aapp.1031a3

Author: Baviera, Cosimo

Language: English

Topic: Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution

Subfield: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W7085682422

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