Abstract

The species of Buprestidae, Vesperidae and Cerambycidae in Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park in Italy were studied based on literature data and original material. As a result, a list of 128 taxa was assembled: 49 buprestids, one vesperid and 78 cerambycids. These taxa belong to 21 areographical categories combined in seven complexes. The European complex occupies a dominant position (39.1%), followed by the Palaearctic (24.2%), Mediterranean (14.1%), Eurosiberian (10.2%), European- Iranoturanian (6.3%), Endemic (3.9%), and Cosmopolitan and Holarctic (2.3%) complexes. The Park has four endemic and one subendemic taxa.

Highlights

  • Since 1922, the National Park Abruzo, Lazio and Molise has been founded as a protected area under the name Abruzzo N.P

  • The aim of this study is to summarise the published data on the jewel and longhorn beetles in Abruzo, Lazio and Molise National Park, to report collected material and published records not mentioned in Sakalian et al (2020) and to make a zoogeographical analysis of the buprestid and cerambycid fauna in the National Park

  • The collected specimens were deposited in the following collections: Enrico Migliaccio (EM); Franco Tassi (FT); Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosistem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (IBER); Istituto Nazionale Entomologia (Italy) (INE); Umberto Pessolano (UP); Pierpaolo Rapuzzi (PR)

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Summary

Introduction

Since 1922, the National Park Abruzo, Lazio and Molise has been founded as a protected area under the name Abruzzo N.P. The Park’s area is about 500 km, surrounded by a buffer zone of 800 km. The greatest part of this territory is mountainous (the highest peak is 2,249 m a.s.l.). The predominant tree species in the Park is the common beech (Fagus sylvatica) which covers most of the area, generally between 900 and 1800 m a.s.l. At lower altitudes, some oak species (Quercus spp.) are distributed. The Austrian pine (Pinus nigra), dwarf mountain pine (Pinus mugo) and silver birch (Betula pendula) are other notable trees of the Park. The highest regions are covered by grasslands

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