New records of non-native Coleoptera in Italy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the last decades, climate change and globalisation have been exacerbating the introduction of non-native beetles worldwide. Due toits peculiar territory, climate and geographical position in the middle of the Mediterranean Basin, Italy is one of the European countries with the highest number of intercepted, adventive and established non-native beetles, some of which are invasive. In this perspective, producing new faunistic records and continuously updating reliable and easily accessible distributional data is a fundamental step in investigating and potentially preventing further species introduction.

New information

The aim of this contribution is to report and discuss new faunistic records of non-native Coleoptera in Italy. For some species, new records enlar

SUBMITTER: Ruzzier E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10598555 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature