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Italy

Europe · Southern Europe

Total Species
1910
Threatened
73
CR + EN + VU
Population
60 461 828
Area
301 336 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 16
Endangered 25
Vulnerable 32
Near Threatened 61
Least Concern 471
Data Deficient 22
Not Evaluated 1156
Extinct 20

Species by Taxonomic Group

Animalia 955
Plantae 918
Chromista 20
Fungi 15
Bacteria 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Italy

Caruana's slug

Deroceras invadens

Not Evaluated

Gentian Plume

Stenoptilia pneumonanthes

Critically Endangered

Flat grain beetle

Cryptolestes pusillus

Not Evaluated

Common Leaf Weevil

Phyllobius pyri

Least Concern

Foreign grain beetle

Ahasverus advena

Least Concern

jumping spiders

Menemerus bivittatus

Not Evaluated

Weevil

Polydrusus cervinus

Least Concern

Weevil

Liophloeus tessulatus

Least Concern

Freshwater Jellyfish

Craspedacusta sowerbii

Not Evaluated

Parasitic wasp

Metaphycus helvolus

Not Evaluated

Asian Clam

Corbicula fluminalis

Not Evaluated

Parasitoid wasp

Copidosoma floridanum

Not Evaluated

Eucalyptus longhorn borer

Phoracantha semipunctata

Not Evaluated

Pea aphid

Acyrthosiphon primulae

Not Evaluated

Kentish snail

Monacha cantiana

Vulnerable

Garden Millepede

Oxidus gracilis

Not Evaluated

Thor'S Fritillary

Boloria thore

Least Concern

Red Swamp Crayfish

Procambarus clarkii

Not Evaluated

Common Ringlet

Coenonympha tullia

Extinct

Large-Neck Clam

Mya arenaria

Vulnerable

cottony camellia scale

Pulvinaria floccifera

Not Evaluated

Pleasing fungus beetle

Dacne picta

Not Evaluated

Ponto-Caspian freshwater hydroid

Cordylophora caspia

Not Evaluated

Bamboo powderpost beetle

Dinoderus minutus

Not Evaluated

Parasitoid wasp

Muscidifurax raptor

Not Evaluated

Palm Moth

Paysandisia archon

Not Evaluated

Australian tubeworm

Ficopomatus enigmaticus

Not Evaluated

Leafhopper

Typhlocyba quercus

Least Concern

Bark Beetle

Xylosandrus germanus

Not Evaluated

Bark beetle

Coccotrypes dactyliperda

Not Evaluated

Leafhopper

Eupteryx atropunctata

Least Concern

Weevil

Pentarthrum huttoni

Not Evaluated

Persian walnut leaf blister mite

Aceria tristriata

Not Evaluated

Water scavenger beetle

Cercyon laminatus

Least Concern

Levant Green Frog

Pelophylax bedriagae

Least Concern

New Forest Cicada

Cicadetta montana

Near Threatened

Weevil

Otiorhynchus cribricollis

Not Evaluated

Small Green Nettle Weevil

Phyllobius roboretanus

Not Evaluated

Barn Funnel Weaver

Tegenaria domestica

Least Concern

Parasitoid wasp

Spalangia cameroni

Not Evaluated

Parasitoid wasp

Anisopteromalus calandrae

Not Evaluated

Powderpost beetle

Minthea rugicollis

Not Evaluated

Ground beetle

Plochionus pallens

Not Evaluated

Aphid

Tinocallis saltans

Not Evaluated

Aphid

Cinara cedri

Not Evaluated

Russian wheat aphid

Diuraphis noxia

Not Evaluated

Springtail

Proisotoma minuta

Not Evaluated

Bamboo pit scale

Bambusaspis bambusae

Not Evaluated

Northern Dusky Slug

Arion fuscus

Data Deficient

Parasitoid wasp

Tachinaephagus zealandicus

Not Evaluated

Warehouse spider beetle

Ptinus latro

Not Evaluated

Parasitoid wasp

Leptomastix dactylopii

Not Evaluated

Mite

Tetranychus evansi

Not Evaluated

Elaeagnus sucker

Cacopsylla fulguralis

Not Evaluated

Belted spider beetle

Ptinus bicinctus

Not Evaluated

jumping spiders

Plexippus paykulli

Not Evaluated

Palm weevil

Sitophilus zeamais

Not Evaluated

House fly

Hydrotaea aenescens

Not Evaluated

Monochrome spider beetle

Epauloecus unicolor

Least Concern

globular spider beetle

Trigonogenius globulus

Not Evaluated

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