title: Two newly introduced tropical bark and ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) damaging figs (Ficus carica) in southern Italy.
abstract: In summer 2014, the bark beetle Hypocryphalus scabricollis (Eichhoff) and the ambrosia beetle Xyleborus bispinatus Eichhoff, species new to Italy and Europe, respectively, were found for the first time in south-eastern Sicily (Italy). Large infestations of the two species were recorded in many plantations of common fig (Ficus carica L.) both in 2014 and 2015. Data concerning insect characteristics, taxonomy, and distribution are briefly reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), University of Padua, Viale dell'Università, 16-35020 Legnaro (PD).; Email: massimo.faccoli@unipd.it.
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Faccoli
authors.affiliation: Regione Siciliana, Assessorato dell'Agricoltura, dello Sviluppo Rurale e della Pesca Mediterranea, Servizio 9, Laboratorio di difesa fitosanitaria, Via Sclafani, 34-95024 Acireale (CT).; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Campo
authors.affiliation: Regione Siciliana, Assessorato dell'Agricoltura, dello Sviluppo Rurale e della Pesca Mediterranea, Servizio 18-Ufficio Servizio per il Territorio di Siracusa-Via S. Giovanni alle Catacombe, 7-96100 Siracusa (SR); Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Giancarlo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Perrotta
authors.affiliation: Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment (DAFNAE), University of Padua, Viale dell'Università, 16-35020 Legnaro (PD).; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Davide
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rassati
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D005260:Female; D030681:Ficus / Q000469:parasitology*; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D012621:Seasons; D012802:Sicily