List of insects in the Natura 2000 site "Fiumi Giardino-Aterno-Sagittario, Riserva Sorgenti del Pescara", with focus on protected species under the Habitats Directive

The dataset contains records of insects surveyed in the Special Area of Conservation "Fiumi Giardino-Aterno-Sagittario, Riserva Sorgenti del Pescara" (IT7110097), Abruzzo Region, Italy. The species were collected during a field campaign aimed at updating the information about the presence of species protected under the Habitats Directive for the purposes of the site management plan.

The survey was carried out in 2013 with different sampling methods: visual inspection (Odonata and Lepidoptera), entomological net (Odonata and Lepidoptera), black cross window traps baited with specific pheromone (Osmoderma eremita).

The study area was divided into 5 sampling areas which corresponds to different habitat types: 1. Sorgenti del Pescara (river spring), 2. Parco Fluviale Giardino (urban park with old trees), 3. Orti di Popoli (agricultural landscape), 4. Fiume Aterno (river), 5. Fiume Sagittario (river). Among them, a total of 11 sampling sites were identified.

The target taxa were: Odonata, Lepidoptera and Osmoderma eremita (Coleoptera). The information collected on Osmoderma eremita were included in the paper by Giangregorio et al. (2015), a study on the presence of this species in the Abruzzo Region.

The dataset contains 37 species, the taxonomy follows Fauna europaea (https://fauna-eu.org/).