Published December 31, 2025 | Version v1
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Coleoptera associated with planted pine forests in Madeira and Porto Santo Islands – Species diversity, ecology and new records

  • 1. Secretaria Regional de Agricultura e Ambiente
  • 2. Secretaria Regional de Agricultura e Desenvolvimento Rural

Description

Beetle diversity associated with planted pine forests is analysed based on a large number of specimens 
captured in a network of pheromone traps for the pine sawyer beetle, Monochamus galloprovincialis (Olivier). In total, 
we identified 138 taxa belonging to 39 families, with Cerambycidae and Curculionidae being the most frequent and 
representative. Distribution and annual activity data are provided for the most frequent species of these two families. 
The following 15 species are reported as new records for the Madeira Archipelago: Biphyllus lunatus (Fabricius), 
Buprestis novemmaculata s. str. Linnaeus, Chalcophora massiliensis (Villers), Phaenops cyanea Fabricius, Rhagium 
inquisitor (Linnaeus), Clambus simsoni Blackburn, Thanasimus formicarius (Linnaeus), Crypturgus pusillus (Gyllenhal), 
Hylastes attenuatus Erichson, Agathidium arcticum Thomson, Leiodes calcarata (Erichson), Litargus balteatus LeConte, 
Nudobius collaris (Erichson), Corticeus pini (Panzer) and Pentaphyllus testaceus (Hellwig). The following are new records 
for Porto Santo Island: Hylurgus ligniperda (F.), Monochamus galloprovincialis (Olivier), Oxypleurus nodieri Mulsant, 
Tomicus destruens (Woll.) and Trichoferus fasciculatus senex (Woll.).

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