Pisciotta, S.

Sajeva, M.

Sparacio, I.

PISCIOTTA, Silvestro

SAJEVA, Maurizio

SPARACIO I.

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Naturalista sicil., S. IV, XXXII (3-4), 2008, pp. 405-409SILVESTRO PISCIOTTA, MAURIZIO SAJEVA & IGNAZIO SPARACIONEW RECORDS OF COLEOPTERA CERAMBYCIDAEFOR LAMPEDUSA ISLAND(PELAGIAN IS., SICILY)RIASSUNTOSegnalazioni nuove di Coleotteri Cerambycidae per l’isola di Lampedusa (Isole Pelagie, Sicilia).Gli Autori, dopo un breve riassunto sulle attuali conoscenze del popolamento di ColeotteriCerambycidae dell’Isola di Lampedusa, segnalano la presenza di sette nuove specie per quest’Isola.Esse sono: Trichoferus holosericeus Rossi, 1790, Phoracantha recurva Newman, 1842, Stenopterusrufus Linnaeus, 1767, Stenopterus ater Linnaeus, 1767, Chlorophorus glabromaculatus Goeze, 1777,Chlorophorus variusMuller, 1766, Agapanthia asphodeli Latreille, 1804.SUMMARYThe authors illustrate the status of knowledge of Cerambycidae of Lampedusa Island, andreport the presence of seven species previously unknown for the Island. They are: Trichoferusholosericeus Rossi, 1790, Phoracantha recurva Newman, 1842, Stenopterus rufus Linnaeus, 1767,Stenopterus ater Linnaeus, 1767, Chlorophorus glabromaculatus Goeze, 1777, Chlorophorus variusMuller, 1766, Agapanthia asphodeli Latreille, 1804.INTRODUCTIONLampedusa (35°29’28” and 35°21’39” N - 12°30’54” and 12°37’55” EGreenwich) is 20.2 Km2 wide, 11 Km long (East-West) with a maximumbroadness of 3.5 Km. It is an emergence of the African Continental platformand is 195 Km far from the Sicilian coast and 120 Km from Tunisia (AGNESI& FEDERICO, 1995). Cerambycidae of Lampedusa island are poorly known.S. PISCIOTTA, M. SAJEVA & I. SPARACIO406The first record of Cerambycidae for the island has been provided by FAILLATEDALDI (1887) who in May 1886 captured one specimen of Parmena pubes-cens var. algirica Castelnau, 1840 (listed with the wrong spelling var. algerina)(= Parmena algirica Castelnau, 1840). Almost eighty years later GRIDELLI(1960) reported Phymatodes testaceus Linnaeus, 1758. Subsequently, fourmore species have been reported for Lampedusa: Trichoferus fasciculatus Fal-dermann, 1837, Penichroa fasciata Stephens, 1831, Nathrius brevipennisMul-sant, 1839, Niphona picticornis Mulsant, 1839 (ROMANO & SPARACIO, 1995).More recently, GOGGI (2004) published an updated checklist of Coleopterafrom Pelagie islands adding Hylotrupes bajulus Linnaeus, 1758 among newspecies from Lampedusa. Five previously unknown species have been collected during the field-work, and two have been identified in the collection of the Riserva NaturaleOrientata Isola di Lampedusa, managed by Legambiente.CERAMBYCIDAETrichoferus holosericeus (Rossi, 1790)Lampedusa, loc. Isola dei Conigli, 17.VI.2003, 1™, leg. G. Maraventano.Notes - Chorotype: Turano-European-Mediterranean. The single cap-tured specimen is 20 mm long. T. holosericeus is a wood-feeder that can growin wood with a moisture content below the fibre saturation point; it can alsodevelop in wooden furnitures of various hardwood species, not necessarilyrecently worked. It is one of the most important Cerambycidae exploiter ofbroadleaves woods in the Mediterranean area (CRIVELLARO, 2005). Larvaefeed on several trees mainly broad-leaved ones, e.g. Ficus, Salix, Fagus, Quer-cus (SAMA, 1988 sub T. cinereus; SPARACIO, 1999).Phoracantha recurva Newman, 1842Lampedusa Village, 22.VIII.2007, 1¢, leg. S. Pisciotta.Notes - P. recurva is an Australian species now widespread all over theworld because of the cultivaton of Eucalyptus spp. In Italy it was firstrecorded in 1992 in Reggio Calabria province (PALMERI & CAMPOLO, 2006)and subsequently reported in Apulia near Le Cesine (Lecce) (SAMA & BOC-CHINI, 2003) and in Sardinia (CILLO et al., 2006). In 2005 P. recurva was alsofound in Sicily (MAZZEO & SISCARO, 2007; ROMANO, 2007). The specimenis 25 mm long, and was captured alive in the town centre (Via Roma), on thewall overlooking the harbor. P. recurva is a pest of Eucalyptus spp. originat-New records of Coleoptera Cerambycidae for Lampedusa Island 407ing from Australia. Adults can fly. Trade of infested Eucalyptus plants, andparticularly wood can disseminate the pest over long distances (ANONY-MOUS, 2005). There are very few, scattered Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnh.plants growing in Lampedusa. We did not find evidences of recentlyimported plants or wood, therefore the specimen could have been arrivedfrom the North African coast, helped by the strong winds from the south-east quadrant that was strongly blowing a few days before the capture. It isalso possible that it arrived in Lampedusa by means of vessels. In fact thedispersal (sensu ARMSTRONG, 1977) of this species seems to be linked tohuman activities as in the case of a dead specimen found in a cluster ofbananas in Belgium (BOSMANS, 2006). This finding is considered by theauthor as a confirm of the species’ mobility and its capacity to disseminateusing the most versatile pathways. Stenopterus rufus rufus (Linnaeus, 1767)Lampedusa, loc. Poggio Monaco, 10.VI.2008, 1¢ and 1™, leg. V. Italiano Notes - Chorotype Turano-European-Mediterranean. The ¢ specimenis 10 mm, and the ™ 13 mm long. They were captured on Foeniculum vulgareMill. subsp. piperitum (Ucria) Bég. near the borders of cultivated fields.Adults live on flowers; larvae feed on Juglans spp. and Quercus spp. dead-wood (SAMA & SCHURMANN, 1980; SAMA, 1988; SPARACIO, 1999).Stenopterus ater (Linnaeus, 1767)Lampedusa 10.VI.2008, 1 ¢ and 2 ™™, Poggio Monaco, leg. S. Pisciotta.Notes - Chorotype European-Mediterranean. The specimens, ranging10-12 mm in length, were captured on Foeniculum vulgare Mill. subsp. piper-itum (Ucria) Bég. near the borders of cultivated fields. Larvae feed on Pista-cia spp.; adults live also on flowers of Daucus carota, Rubus spp., Eryngiumspp. (SAMA, 1988; SAMA & SCHURMANN, 1980).Chlorophorus glabromaculatus (Goeze, 1777)Lampedusa 16.VI.2003, 1 ex., Poggio Monaco, leg. V. Billeci. Notes - Chorotype European. The captured specimen is 10 mm long.Larvae are polyphagous on several broad-leaved species, adults live pre-dominantly on flowers (SAMA & SCHURMANN, 1980; SAMA, 1988; SPARACIO,1999).Chlorophorus varius (Müller, 1766)Lampedusa, loc. Poggio Monaco 10.VI.2008, 1 ¢ and 3 ™™, leg. V. Italiano.Notes - Chorotype Asiatic-European-Mediterranean. The specimens,the male 9 mm long and the females 11 mm long were captured on Foenicu-lum vulgare Mill. subsp. vulgare near the borders of the cultivated fields. Lar-vae feed on broad-leaved trees and shrubs, mature specimens live on flowers(SAMA & SCHURMANN, 1980; SAMA, 1988; SPARACIO, 1999).Agapanthia asphodeli (Latreille, 1804)Lampedusa, loc. Isola dei Conigli 2.II.08, 1 ¢ and 2 ™™, leg. S. Pisciotta.Notes - Chorotype South-European-Mediterranean. Three specimenshave been captured on Asphodelus ramosus L. subsp. ramosus near Spiaggiadei Conigli. The size of the male specimen is 17 mm, while the size of thefemale specimens is 19 mm. Identification has been carried out by extractingthe male genitalia bearing a scalpel and a fine pair of tweezers and comparingit with drawings of ÖNALP (1989). Larvae develop especially on Asphodelusspp. even if are common on Carduus spp., Thapsia spp., and Ferula spp.(SAMA & SCHURMANN, 1980; SAMA, 1988; PESARINI & SABBADINI, 1994;SPARACIO, 1999; RASTELLI et al., 2001). Acknowledgements— We would like to thank the Director Giusi Nicolini and the staff of Ris-erva Naturale Orientata Isola di Lampedusa for the assistance and the logistic support. We alsothank Bruno Massa for the constant attention and useful suggestions. 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New records of Coleoptera Cerambycidae for Lampedusa Island.

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