Abstract
The first records of Dasypoda crassicornis (Friese, 1896) for Italy are reported. The species was found in three sites in western Liguria and the Piedmont Cottian Alps, thus extending its eastern range limit, previously known in France. The collecting site habitats and wildflowers visited by the species are also described.
Highlights
The genus Dasypoda LATREILLE, 1802 includes 39 Palearctic species, of which 19 are known in Europe (MICHEZ et al, 2004a, 2004b; MICHEZ, 2005; MICHEZ & PAULY, 2012; RADCHENKO, 2016, 2017; RADCHENKO et al, 2019, 2020).In Italy, PAGLIANO (1995) mentions six Dasypoda species: D. hirtipes (FABRICIUS, 1793), D. argentata PANZER, 1809, D. cingulata ERICHSON, 1835, D. pyriformis RADOSZKOWSKI, 1887, D. suripes (CHRIST, 1791) and D. visnaga (ROSSI, 1790)
Regarding D. spinigera, COMBA (2019) refers to the article by MICHEZ et al (2004a), who speculate about the presence of an isolated population in Italy, mapping it in Emilia-Romagna but citing a locality (Agigea) in Romania
We recorded D. crassicornis from three sites in Italy, one in western Liguria and two in Piedmont Cottian Alps
Summary
The genus Dasypoda LATREILLE, 1802 includes 39 Palearctic species, of which 19 are known in Europe (MICHEZ et al, 2004a, 2004b; MICHEZ, 2005; MICHEZ & PAULY, 2012; RADCHENKO, 2016, 2017; RADCHENKO et al, 2019, 2020).In Italy, PAGLIANO (1995) mentions six Dasypoda species: D. hirtipes (FABRICIUS, 1793), D. argentata PANZER, 1809, D. cingulata ERICHSON, 1835, D. pyriformis RADOSZKOWSKI, 1887, D. suripes (CHRIST, 1791) and D. visnaga (ROSSI, 1790). Research on bees carried out over summer 2020 in northwestern Italy (Liguria and Piedmont regions) led to the discovery of a further species, D. crassicornis (FRIESE, 1896), unrecorded in the country.
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