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Italy

Europe · Southern Europe

Total Species
1910
Threatened
74
CR + EN + VU
Population
60 461 828
Area
301 336 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 16
Endangered 25
Vulnerable 33
Near Threatened 60
Least Concern 465
Data Deficient 23
Not Evaluated 1193
Extinct 20

Species by Taxonomic Group

Animalia 955
Plantae 918
Chromista 20
Fungi 15
Bacteria 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Italy

Parasitoid wasp

Muscidifurax raptor

Not Evaluated

Parasitoid wasp

Spalangia cameroni

Not Evaluated

Parasitoid wasp

Anisopteromalus calandrae

Not Evaluated

Pleasing fungus beetle

Dacne picta

Not Evaluated

Aphid

Tinocallis saltans

Not Evaluated

Aphid

Cinara cedri

Not Evaluated

Russian wheat aphid

Diuraphis noxia

Not Evaluated

Pea aphid

Acyrthosiphon primulae

Not Evaluated

Eucalyptus longhorn borer

Phoracantha semipunctata

Not Evaluated

Parasitoid wasp

Copidosoma floridanum

Not Evaluated

Parasitoid wasp

Tachinaephagus zealandicus

Not Evaluated

Parasitic wasp

Metaphycus helvolus

Not Evaluated

Parasitoid wasp

Leptomastix dactylopii

Not Evaluated

Mite

Tetranychus evansi

Not Evaluated

Elaeagnus sucker

Cacopsylla fulguralis

Not Evaluated

jumping spiders

Menemerus bivittatus

Not Evaluated

jumping spiders

Plexippus paykulli

Not Evaluated

Foreign grain beetle

Ahasverus advena

Least Concern

House fly

Hydrotaea aenescens

Not Evaluated

Flat grain beetle

Cryptolestes pusillus

Not Evaluated

Louse

Menopon gallinae

Not Evaluated

Parasitoid wasp

Chrysocharis ainsliei

Not Evaluated

Parasitoid wasp

Aphidius colemani

Not Evaluated

Pritchard mealybug

Rhizoecus dianthi

Not Evaluated

cacticans mealybug

Rhizoecus cacticans

Not Evaluated

short-legged mealybug

Vryburgia brevicruris

Not Evaluated

Four-Spotted Sap Beetle

Glischrochilus quadrisignatus

Least Concern

Sap beetle

Epuraea ocularis

Not Evaluated

Sap beetle

Carpophilus marginellus

Least Concern

Beetle

Carpophilus nepos

Not Evaluated

Sap beetle

Carpophilus mutilatus

Not Evaluated

Corn sap beetle

Carpophilus dimidiatus

Not Evaluated

Sap beetle

Urophorus humeralis

Not Evaluated

Rove beetle

Oligota parva

Least Concern

Rove beetle

Philonthus rectangulus

Least Concern

Staphylinid beetle

Lithocharis nigriceps

Least Concern

minute tree-fungus beetle

Xylographus bostrychoides

Not Evaluated

limy tubeworm

Hydroides dianthus

Not Evaluated

Parasitoid wasp

Aphytis mytilaspidis

Not Evaluated

Thrip

Karnyothrips melaleucus

Not Evaluated

plaster beetle

Cartodere bifasciata

Least Concern

Household minute scavenger beetle

Adistemia watsoni

Not Evaluated

Louse

Cuclotogaster heterographus

Not Evaluated

Louse

Lipeurus maculosus

Not Evaluated

Common thrip

Echinothrips americanus

Not Evaluated

Furniture carpet beetle

Anthrenus flavipes

Not Evaluated

Black larder beetle

Dermestes ater

Not Evaluated

Skin beetle

Dermestes peruvianus

Not Evaluated

Wardrobe beetle

Attagenus fasciatus

Not Evaluated

Skin beetle

Thorictodes heydeni

Not Evaluated

Odd beetle

Thylodrias contractus

Not Evaluated

Warehouse beetle

Trogoderma variabile

Not Evaluated

Woodland Ringlet

Erebia medusa

Least Concern

Spined Soldier Bug

Podisus maculiventris

Not Evaluated

Stored grain hairy fungus beetle

Litargus balteatus

Not Evaluated

Siamese grain beetle

Lophocateres pusillus

Not Evaluated

Scuttle fly

Megaselia scalaris

Not Evaluated

Parasitoid wasp

Trichogramma evanescens

Not Evaluated

brown disc snail

Discus ruderatus

Least Concern

hightopped chrysalis snail

Columella columella

Least Concern

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