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Antonino Dentici

  • Biodiversity Journal, 15 (2): 383-385 - MONOGRAPH

    Antonino Dentici, Giovanni Altadonna & Ferdinando Giovine
    New data on the distribution of Textrix rubrofoliata Pesarini, 1990 (Araneae Agelenidae) in Italy
    https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2024.15.2.383.385

    ABSTRACT
    The spider Textrix rubrofoliata Pesarini, 1990 (Araneae Agelenidae), species known in Italy only in Sicily and Trentino-Alto Adige, was found and identified in Campo Calabro, province of Reggio Calabria, Calabria (Italy). This is the first record of the species for Calabria. Additional notes on taxonomy, distribution and biology are provided.

  • Biodiversity Journal, 15 (2): 377-382 - MONOGRAPH

    Antonino Dentici, Salvatore Surdo, Roberto Viviano & Ignazio Sparacio
    Araneofauna (Arachnida Araneae) from Isola delle Femmine Nature Reserve (north-western Sicily, Italy)
    https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2024.15.2.377.382

    ABSTRACT
    The species of spiders (Arachnida Araneae) found in the “Isola delle Femmine Nature Reserve” (Sicily, Italy) are reported here. The checklist provided is the result of some excursions carried out between 2021 and 2023 and aimed at studying the invertebrate fauna that live on this small island. In total, up to date, 42 species, belonging to 38 genera and 19 families, are listed, among these Diplostyla concolor (Wider, 1834) is reported for the first time for Sicily.

  • Biodiversity Journal, 15 (2): 363-375 - MONOGRAPH

    Antonino Dentici & Franco Ciro Amata
    New data on the Arachnofauna (Arachnidae Araneae Opiliones) of Enna and surrounding areas (Sicily, Italy) with some first reports for Sicily
    https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2024.15.2.363.375

    ABSTRACT
    In this paper we present faunistic data on Arachnid collected, with sampling on sight during 2019 and 2020, in Enna (Sicily, Italy. The arachnofauna of this area of the Island is poorly studied, to date only 16 species of spiders are reported for this municipality. 180 taxa of spiders are known in total now, 15 of this (1 first report in Italy) and 6 genera are new for Sicily, in particular Pritha nana (Simon, 1868) (Filistatidae), Micaria coarctata (Lucas, 1846), Micaria dives (Lucas, 1846), Poecilochroa loricata Kritscher, 1996 (Gnaphosidae) (new for Italy), Agroeca sp., Scotina celans (Blackwall, 1841) (Liocranidae), Bolyphantes luteolus (Blackwall, 1833), Centromerus arcanus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1873), Lepthyphantes minutus (Blackwall, 1833), Linyphia mimonti Simon, 1885, Megalepthyphantes collinus (L. Koch, 1872), Walckenaeria corniculans (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875), Walckenaeria monoceros (Wider, 1834) (Linyphiidae), Synageles venator (Lucas, 1836) (Salticidae) and Enoplognatha afrodite Hippa et Oksala, 1983 (Theridiidae) and 3 species of opilions. Additional biological and taxonomic notes on these spiders are also provided.

  • Biodiversity Journal, 15 (2): 251-257 - MONOGRAPH

    Lucio Morin, Salvatore Surdo, Roberto Viviano, Antonino Dentici & Ignazio Sparacio
    Lepidoptera from the Isola delle Femmine Nature Reserve (Sicily, Italy)
    https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2024.15.2.251.257

    ABSTRACT
    On the basis of specific entomological researches carried out on Isola delle Femmine Nature Reserve (Sicily, Italy) in recent years, a first check-list of the Lepidoptera with 46 species recorded is provided. Additional taxonomic, faunal and geonemic informations for four of these species are provided: Idaea leipnitzi Hausmann, 2004 (Geometridae), Maradana fuscolimbalis (Ragonot, 1887) and M. vidualis (Chrétien, 1911) (Pyralidae) and Crassicornella crassicornella (Zeller, 1847) (Tinaeidae).