Aiolopus strepens strepens Latreille, 1804

Della Rocca, Francesca, Stefanelli, Silvia, Cardarelli, Elisa, Bogliani, Giuseppe & Bracco, Francesco, 2021, Contribution to the knowledge of the arthropods community inhabiting the winter-flooded meadows (marcite) of northern Italy, Biodiversity Data Journal 9, pp. 57889-57889 : 57889

Aiolopus strepens strepens Latreille, 1804

Ecological interactions

Conservation status

Least Concern for European assessment ( Hochkirch et al. 2016).

Distribution

Europe and northern Africa to the Caucasus and Middle East ( Fontana et al. 2002). Widespread all over in Italy (Sicily and Sardinia included), also on many small islands ( Massa et al. 2012, Iorio et al. 2019).

Notes

It is a thermophilous species ( Fontana et al. 2002), living in habitats with sparse vegetation like dry grassland, roadside verges and forest clearings. Adults can be found throughout the year, even during warm days in winter, while the highest densities occur in autumn ( Massa et al. 2012).