Angelo Ditta

• Biodiversity Journal, 15 (2): 457-463 - MONOGRAPH

  Ignazio Sparacio, Angelo Ditta, Vincenzo Genna & Salvatore Surdo
  New data on the beetle fauna (Insecta Coleoptera) in the Trapani surroundings (Sicily, Italy)
  https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2024.15.2.457.463

  ABSTRACT
  In this work, some interesting beetles (Insecta Coleoptera) collected in the surroundings of Trapani (Sicily, Italy) are reported. Among these, Icosium (Icosium) tomentosum tomentosum Lucas, 1854 (Cerambycidae) is a new record for Sicily.

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• Biodiversity Journal, 14 (4): 0693-0706

  Antonino Dentici, Antonino Barbera, Angelo Ditta, Vincenzo Genna & Salvatore Surdo
  First Italian reports of Nemoscolus laurae (Simon, 1868) and Zodarion isabellinum (Simon, 1870) (Arachnida Araneae) in Sicily and remarkable additions to the Sicilian Araneofauna
  https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2023.14.4.693.706

  ABSTRACT
  This paper reports some new data obtained in recent years during surveys on arachnids (Arachnida Araneae) present in Sicily (Italy). Particularly, fifteen new species of spiders are reported for the first time in Sicily: Nemoscolus laurae (Simon, 1868); Emblyna brevidens (Kulczyński, 1897); Dysdera lata Reuss, 1834; Drassodes luteomicans (Simon, 1878); Ceratinella scabrosa (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871); Entelecara erythropus (Westring, 1851); Hilaira excisa (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871); Parapelecopsis nemoralis (Blackwall, 1841); Trichoncus helveticus Denis, 1965; Alopecosa cuneata (Clerck, 1757); Tibellus macellus Simon, 1875; Scytodes univittata Simon, 1882; Rhomphaea nasica (Simon, 1873); Zodarion isabellinum (Simon, 1870): Zodarion pusio Simon, 1914. Six genera are reported for the first time for Sicily while Nemoscolus laurae and Zodarion isabellinum are new also for Italian fauna. Additional biological and taxonomic notes are also provided.

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