Updated distribution of Osmoderma eremita in Abruzzo (Italy) and agro-pastoral practices affecting its conservation (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
New records of <em>Osmoderma</em> <em>eremita</em> (Scopoli, 1763) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) are reported for Abruzzo (Italy), together with a review of its distribution in this region. <em>O</em>. <em>eremita</em> is a saproxylic beetle d...
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| author | Patrizia Giangregorio Paolo Audisio Giuseppe Maria Carpaneto Giuseppe Marcantonio Emanuela Maurizi Fabio Mosconi Alessandro Campanaro |
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| description | New records of <em>Osmoderma</em> <em>eremita</em> (Scopoli, 1763) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) are reported for Abruzzo (Italy), together with a review of its distribution in this region. <em>O</em>. <em>eremita</em> is a saproxylic beetle dependent on the presence of hollow deciduous trees with abundant wood mould in their cavities. The major threats for the species are habitat loss and fragmentation. EU Habitats Directive requests to the member States its protection and the monitoring of its conservation status. Detection of its occurrence is the first step to protect the species. The surveys have been carried out in ten sites of Abruzzo by using black cross-windows traps baited with specific pheromone. The species has been recorded for the first time in the Sant’Antonio forest and its presence is confirmed in the Peligna Valley, after a decade. The populations seem to be confined to small patches of suitable habitats. At local level, the abandonment of the pollarding practice (willow and beech forests) and the use of pollarded trees as biomass for fuel are the major threats for this species. Indeed some key actions, such as the protection of old hollow trees and the continuation of pollarding practice in rural landscape, could be key factors for the conservation strategies of the species in the study area. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-13c9ffe6b38d40b68b722fa1573b56632022-12-22T03:29:21ZengUniversity La Sapienza of RomeFragmenta entomologica0429-288X2284-48802015-12-0147213914610.4081/fe.2015.142130Updated distribution of Osmoderma eremita in Abruzzo (Italy) and agro-pastoral practices affecting its conservation (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)Patrizia Giangregorio0Paolo Audisio1Giuseppe Maria Carpaneto2Giuseppe Marcantonio3Emanuela Maurizi4Fabio Mosconi5Alessandro Campanaro6Parco Nazionale della Majella, Ufficio Agronomico e indennizzi danni fauna, SulmonaUniversità degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie “Charles Darwin”, RomeUniversità Roma Tre, Dipartimento di Scienze, RomaParco Nazionale della Majella, Ufficio Agronomico e indennizzi danni fauna, SulmonaUniversità Roma Tre, Dipartimento di Scienze, Roma; CREA-ABP Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l’Analisi dell’Economia Agraria, Centro di Ricerca per l’Agrobiologia e la Pedologia, Cascine del Riccio (FI)Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, Dipartimento di Biologia e Biotecnologie “Charles Darwin”, Rome; CREA-ABP Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l’Analisi dell’Economia Agraria, Centro di Ricerca per l’Agrobiologia e la Pedologia, Cascine del Riccio (FI)CREA-ABP Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l’Analisi dell’Economia Agraria, Centro di Ricerca per l’Agrobiologia e la Pedologia, Cascine del Riccio (FI); MiPAAF - National Forest Service, CNBF National Centre for Forestry Biodiversity “Bosco Fontana”, Marmirolo (MN)New records of <em>Osmoderma</em> <em>eremita</em> (Scopoli, 1763) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) are reported for Abruzzo (Italy), together with a review of its distribution in this region. <em>O</em>. <em>eremita</em> is a saproxylic beetle dependent on the presence of hollow deciduous trees with abundant wood mould in their cavities. The major threats for the species are habitat loss and fragmentation. EU Habitats Directive requests to the member States its protection and the monitoring of its conservation status. Detection of its occurrence is the first step to protect the species. The surveys have been carried out in ten sites of Abruzzo by using black cross-windows traps baited with specific pheromone. The species has been recorded for the first time in the Sant’Antonio forest and its presence is confirmed in the Peligna Valley, after a decade. The populations seem to be confined to small patches of suitable habitats. At local level, the abandonment of the pollarding practice (willow and beech forests) and the use of pollarded trees as biomass for fuel are the major threats for this species. Indeed some key actions, such as the protection of old hollow trees and the continuation of pollarding practice in rural landscape, could be key factors for the conservation strategies of the species in the study area.http://www.fragmentaentomol.org/index.php/fragmenta/article/view/142aproxylic beetles, dead wood, Habitats Directive, semi-natural habitats, hollow trees, Abruzzo, biomass exploitation |
| spellingShingle | Patrizia Giangregorio Paolo Audisio Giuseppe Maria Carpaneto Giuseppe Marcantonio Emanuela Maurizi Fabio Mosconi Alessandro Campanaro Updated distribution of Osmoderma eremita in Abruzzo (Italy) and agro-pastoral practices affecting its conservation (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Fragmenta entomologica aproxylic beetles, dead wood, Habitats Directive, semi-natural habitats, hollow trees, Abruzzo, biomass exploitation |
| title | Updated distribution of Osmoderma eremita in Abruzzo (Italy) and agro-pastoral practices affecting its conservation (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) |
| title_full | Updated distribution of Osmoderma eremita in Abruzzo (Italy) and agro-pastoral practices affecting its conservation (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) |
| title_fullStr | Updated distribution of Osmoderma eremita in Abruzzo (Italy) and agro-pastoral practices affecting its conservation (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Updated distribution of Osmoderma eremita in Abruzzo (Italy) and agro-pastoral practices affecting its conservation (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) |
| title_short | Updated distribution of Osmoderma eremita in Abruzzo (Italy) and agro-pastoral practices affecting its conservation (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) |
| title_sort | updated distribution of osmoderma eremita in abruzzo italy and agro pastoral practices affecting its conservation coleoptera scarabaeidae |
| topic | aproxylic beetles, dead wood, Habitats Directive, semi-natural habitats, hollow trees, Abruzzo, biomass exploitation |
| url | http://www.fragmentaentomol.org/index.php/fragmenta/article/view/142 |
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