Archophileurus spinosus Dechambre, 2006

Ruzzier, Enrico, Morin, Lucio, Zugno, Matteo, Tapparo, Andrea, Bani, Luciano & Di Giulio, Andrea, 2023, New records of non-native Coleoptera in Italy, Biodiversity Data Journal 11, pp. 111487-111487 : 111487

Archophileurus spinosus Dechambre, 2006

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1; sex: male; occurrenceID: 38D8EE03-F4E1-5701-9B44-666FBCA56537; Taxon: scientificName: Archophileurus spinosus Dechambre , 2006; family: Scarabaeidae ; Location : country: Italy; countryCode: IT; county: Puglia; locality: Molfetta ; decimalLatitude: 41.184601; decimalLongitude: 16.622004; geodeticDatum: WGS8; Identification : identifiedBy: Enrico Ruzzier ; Event : eventDate: 2020-07-09 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1; sex: female; occurrenceID: B785307E-E50B-51B3-9466-21E2066A1E5C; Taxon: scientificName: Archophileurus spinosus Dechambre, 2006; family: Scarabaeidae; Location: country: Italy; countryCode: IT; county: Puglia; locality: Minervino di Lecce ; decimalLatitude: 40.090350; decimalLongitude: 18.431938; geodeticDatum: WGS8; Identification: identifiedBy: Enrico Ruzzier; Event: eventDate: 2023-07-20

Notes

The finding of the specimen in Molfetta, more than 170 km from the area of the first recording (see Ruzzier et al. (2020b)), would suggest the existence of a second population of this species, probably as a result of an independent introduction. The specimen collected in Minervino di Lecce may also be the result of an independent introduction or be confirmation that the species is expanding in southern Apulia. The fact that the specimens were observed in nature suggests the existence of at least two naturalised populations.