New Records of Diptera for Lampedusa island. NATURALISTA SICILIANO.

Studio preliminare dei Ditteri impollinatori delle Asclepiadaceae nell’isola di Lampedusa.

SYRPHIDAE (DIPTERA) FROM LAMPEDUSA ISLAND

Diptera of Lampedusa are poorly known, and the only published data are those of VENTURI (1960) and PISCIOTTA et al. (2008). In the present paper the authors report new records of Syrphidae (Diptera) for Lampedusa island discovered during field investigations carried out for a broader research project in the island. Data are updated to November 2009. Eleven species of Syrphidae new for Lampedusa have been found of which one is new for the Sicilian fauna.

Sapromyophily in two species of Apocynaceae from Lampedusa island

ECOLOGIA DELL' IMPOLLINAZIONE DI PERIPLOCA LAEVIGATA SUBSP ANGUSTIFOLIA ( LABILL.) MARKGRAF ( APOCYNACEAE-PERIPLOCOIDEAE ) E CALLUMA EUROPEA N.E.BR. ( APOCYNACEAE- ASCLEPIADOIDEAE ) NELLE COMUNITA' DELL' ISOLA DI LAMPEDUSA

Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera Nymphalidae) larvae feeding on Caralluma europaea (Guss.) N.E.Br. (Asclepiadaceae) in Lampedusa Island.

New records of Coleoptera Cerambycidae for Lampedusa Island.

Procedure semplificate per lo scambio tra istituzioni scientifiche di materiale incluso nella Convenzione sul Commercio Internazionale di Specie di Fauna e Flora Minacciate di Estinzione (CITES).

Ecologia dell'impollinazione di Periploca laevigata subsp. angustifolia (Labill.) Markgraf (Apocynaceae-Periplocoideae) e Caralluma europaea N.E.Br. (Apocynaceae-Asclepiadoideae) nelle comunità dell'isola di Lampedusa.

First records of pollinators of two co-occurring Mediterranean Apocynaceae

This article presents results of a field survey of pollinators of two Apocynaceae, Periploca laevigata subsp. angustifolia (Labill.)Markgraf (Periplocoideae) and Caralluma europaea (Guss.) N.E.Br. Asclepiadoideae) co-occurring on Lampedusa Island, Mediterranean sea. Fifteen species within nine families of Diptera have been identified as pollinators of the two plants. The families involved are Tephritidae, Milichiidae, Trixoscelididae, cathophagidae, Anthomyiidae, Muscidae, Calliphoridae, Sarcophagidae, Rhinophoridae. Families of Muscidae and Sarcophagidae are the more represented, respectively with four and three species. P. laevigata subsp. angustifolia seems to have a broader spectrum of …