81urn:lsid:arphahub.com:pub:EE60897E-EDEE-5EC8-86EB-7203BECD195DARPHA Conference AbstractsACA2603-3925Pensoft Publishers10.3897/aca.2.e465554655512673Conference AbstractVth International Congress on Biodiversity: „Taxonomy, Speciation and Euro-Mediterranean Biodiversity“Larval morphology of Osmoderma cristinae Sparacio, 1994 (Coleoptera: Cetoniidae)BellavistaMichelemichele.bellavista@gmail.com1SparacioIgnazio2Unaffiliated, C. De Grossis 7, Palermo, ItalyUnaffiliatedC. De Grossis 7, PalermoItalyUnaffiliated, Via Principe di Paternò 3, Palermo, ItalyUnaffiliatedVia Principe di Paternò 3, PalermoItaly
2019160920192e46555EEDDBFD3-2F89-590A-B17C-35A34C637719345867613092019Michele Bellavista, Ignazio SparacioThis is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Osmoderma cristinae Sparacio, 1994 is an endemic beetle of Sicily (Coleoptera: Cetoniidae). It is a saproxylic species and has a very important role in the forest ecosystems. It is included in multiple national and international “Red Lists" as Endangered species (Audisio et al. 2014, Cálix et al. 2018). At the larval stages O. cristinae participes in the degradation of “dead wood” in old trees, in their cavities, and in downed logs. In this work, the larval morphology of O. cristinae is described.
Presenting author
Ignazio Sparacio
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Vth International Congress on Biodiversity: „Taxonomy, Speciation and Euro-Mediterranean Biodiversity“
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