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Antonino Barbera

  • Biodiversity Journal, 15 (2): 391-397 - MONOGRAPH

    Salvatore Surdo & Antonino Barbera
    Checklist Odonata of Wetlands in south-western Sicily (Italy): Pantano Leone, Capo Feto, Margi Spanò, Nespolilla and Milo
    https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2024.15.2.391.397

    ABSTRACT
    Over time, the significance of checklists as essential tools for managing Sicily’s natural heritage has been underscored by the requirements outlined in international biodiversity conventions, particularly in relation to implementing the Habitats Directive. Compiling and updating checklists of fauna and flora for each specific region is necessary due to the growing interest in biodiversity today, which serves as a foundational and indispensable knowledge base. In this paper, a first detailed and complete checklist of the 17 Odonata species of some naturalistic areas of Sicily (Italy) is presented. Regarding the Capo Feto and Margi Spanò wetland, the checklist includes 10 species of dragonflies, 13 species for Margi Milo. As far as the Pantano Leone wetland is concerned 13 species of dragonflies are listed.

  • Biodiversity Journal, 15 (2): 235-249 - MONOGRAPH

    Antonino Barbera & Salvatore Surdo
    Checklist Birds of Wetlands in south-western Sicily (Italy): Capo Feto and Pantano Leone
    https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2024.15.2.235.249

    ABSTRACT
    Over the years the importance of checklists as indispensable basic knowledge instruments in the correct management of Sicily’s natural heritage has been reinforced by the requests contained in international conventions on biodiversity especially by the need to implement the Habitats Directive. Today’s growing interest in biodiversity makes it essential that inventories of fauna and flora are compiled and kept up to date for each individual region to serve as an initial, indispensable knowledge base. In this paper, a first detailed (and, partly, commented) checklist of the waterbirds, diurnal raptors species of two naturalistic areas in Sicily (Italy) is presented. Regarding the Capo Feto (Mazara del Vallo) wetland, the checklist includes 94 species of waterbirds and birds of prey, As far as the Pantano Leone (Campobello di Mazara) wetland is concerned, the checklist includes 73 species of waterbirds. Capo Feto is a nationally important site for the Kentish Plover, an endangered species (EN) on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species that nests there. Pantano Leone is a nationally important site for the overwintering of Common snipe.

  • 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.