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Issue: Vol. 5584 No. 4: 11 Feb. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-02-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5584.4.7
Page range: 559-569
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Taphrorychus hirtellus Eichhoff (Curculionidae: Scolytinae, Dryocoetini) a new species to the Italian fauna, with a key to the Taphrorychus species of Europe

Department of Agriculture and Forest Sciences (DAFNE)—University of Tuscia; Via S. Camillo de Lellis; 01100 Viterbo; Italy; NBFC; National Biodiversity Future Center—Piazza Marina 61; 90133 Palermo; Italy
Department of Agronomy; Food; Natural Resources; Animals and the Environment (DAFNAE)—University of Padova; Agripolis; Viale dell’Università 16; 35020 Legnaro (PD); Italy
Department of Agriculture and Forest Sciences (DAFNE)—University of Tuscia; Via S. Camillo de Lellis; 01100 Viterbo; Italy
Department of Agriculture and Forest Sciences (DAFNE)—University of Tuscia; Via S. Camillo de Lellis; 01100 Viterbo; Italy
NBFC; National Biodiversity Future Center—Piazza Marina 61; 90133 Palermo; Italy; Department of Science—University of Roma Tre; Viale G. Marconi 446; 00146 Rome; Italy
Department of Agriculture and Forest Sciences (DAFNE)—University of Tuscia; Via S. Camillo de Lellis; 01100 Viterbo; Italy
Department of Agriculture and Forest Sciences (DAFNE)—University of Tuscia; Via S. Camillo de Lellis; 01100 Viterbo; Italy
Coleoptera bark beetle native species Central Italy mixed-oak forest

Abstract

Taphrorychus hirtellus Eichhoff (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae), a European scolytine beetle previously documented in Central and Southeastern Europe, Turkey (type locality), and Algeria, is recorded for the first time in Italy. Specimens were collected in April and May 2021 in the Circeo National Park (Latium Region, central Italy) in multifunnel traps baited with a blend of quercivorol, α-copaene, ethanol and α-pinene. The species, considered native, is a new addition to the Italian fauna. In addition to the faunistic record, an identification key to the European Taphrorychus species is provided.

 

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