Open AccessXYLOSANDRUS COMPACTUS AND LIPARTHRUM COLCHICUM (COLEOP- TERA SCOLYTINAE) IN TUSCANY: A PRELIMINARY SCREENING OF ASSOCIATED FUNGI
Author(s) -
Claudia Benvenuti,
Agostino Strangi,
Immacolata Iovinella,
Gian Paolo Barzanti,
Sauro Simoni,
S. Vitale,
L. Luongo,
Valeria Francardi,
Pio Federico Roversi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
redia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 2035-6382
pISSN - 0370-4327
DOI - 10.19263/redia-104.21.14
Subject(s) - ambrosia beetle , laurus nobilis , biology , botany , ceratonia siliqua , aerial root , horticulture , curculionidae , ecology , essential oil , mangrove
Xylosandrus compactus and Liparthrum colchicum are two Scolytinae recorded for the first time in Italy in 2011 and 2019, respectively. X. compactus is an “ambrosia beetle” causing damages to several plants typical of the Mediterranean maquis through its digging activity on twigs and branches of the host plants. L. colchicum is a “bark beetle”, monophagous on laurel shrubs and trees. During a survey performed in summer of 2020, in “Tenuta Salviati” located in the Migliarino Natural Park (Pisa, Tuscany), adults of X. compactus and L. colchicum were collected from the same branches and apical twigs of Laurus nobilis hedges. The study aimed at characterizing fungi isolated from the external surface of the two scolytids bodies, to evaluate similarities and even their role in fungal spreading in the environment.