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Caterina Dima

  • Biodiversity Journal, 15 (2): 387-390 - MONOGRAPH

    Francesco Lamanna & Caterina Dima
    A new particular finding of Lethocerus patruelis (Stål, 1854) (Hemiptera Heteroptera Belostomatidae) on the Calabria Ionian coast
    https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2024.15.2.387.390

    ABSTRACT
    The first observation of Lethocerus patruelis (Stål, 1854) (Hemiptera Heteroptera Belostomatidae) on the Ionian coast of Crotone, in eastern Calabria (Italy), is documented. During some local naturalistic research on the Strongoli Marina beach a live adult specimen of this large Belostomatidae was collected and identified. The diffusion in Calabria and in general in Italy of this species, typical of Balkans, has not yet been completely ascertained thus the finding, albeit sporadic, represents an important event for the knowledge and control of the species. Only two other records of Lethocerus patruelis in Calabria are reported in the literature. One to the north in the city of Villapiana in the province of Cosenza and the other to the south in the small hamlet of Prunella in the municipality of Melito di Porto Salvo in the province of Reggio Calabria. This may indicate an increase of the presence of Lethocerus patruelis on the Calabrian Ionian coast.

  • Biodiversity Journal, 12 (4): 0977-0992

    Alfredo Petralia, Pietro Fiandaca, Ettore Petralia, Giorgio Sabella, Gaetano Torrisi, Corrado Bianca, Francesco Lamanna & Caterina Dima
    On the presence and localization of Brachytrupes megacephalus (Lefebvre, 1827) (Orthoptera Gryllidae) in the “Oriented Natural Reserve Simeto Oasis” (Sicily, Italy)
    https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2021.12.4.977.992

    ABSTRACT
    The authors present the results of an investigation aimed to ascertaining the presence of the Gryllidae Brachytrupes megacephalus Lefebvre, 1827, Orthopter of UE interest, in the “Oriented Natural Reserve of Simeto Oasis”, located near Catania along the eastern coast of Sicily (Italy). The species is noticeably widespread in the reserve despite of the alterations and disturbance of anthropogenic origin that have affected the entire coastal dune belt of the Catania Gulf. Management measures aimed to the protection the species are also suggested, as well as protocols for its monitoring in the medium-long term in order to keep under control the consolidation and further diffusion of the species in the territory of the reserve.