Invertebrates collected during the field trip of the XII European Symposium on Saproxylic Ecology (ESSE2025) in Belagaio Nature State Reserve (Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy)

Silvia Gisondi; Alice Lenzi; Alessandro Campanaro

doi:10.15468/ht24cb

Invertebrates collected during the field trip of the XII European Symposium on Saproxylic Ecology (ESSE2025) in Belagaio Nature State Reserve (Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy)

Citation

Gisondi S, Lenzi A, Campanaro A (2026). Invertebrates collected during the field trip of the XII European Symposium on Saproxylic Ecology (ESSE2025) in Belagaio Nature State Reserve (Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy). Version 1.6. Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/ht24cb accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-04.

Description

This dataset contains occurrence records of invertabrates observed in Italy. Data were collected by expert entomologists during the field trip of the XII European Symposium on Saproxylic Ecology (ESSE2025). ESSE2025 was held in Florence and the field trip was organized in Belagaio Nature State Reserve in Grosseto province (Tuscany). This Reserve is managed by Carabinieri Biodiversity Department of Follonica and it is included within the larger Natura 2000 protected area "Val di Farma" (SAC IT51A0003), developing on the right bank of the Farma river, a tributary of the Merse river. The Reserve hosts a number of protected habitats, due to the extraordinary orography allowing particular climatic inversion phenomena, which guarantee the survival of species generally distributed at much higher altitudes.Among such habitats, some are also protected under the Habitats Directive:

•6220: Pseudo-steppe with grasses and annuals of the Thero-Brachypodietea

•6210*: Semi-natural dry grasslands and scrubland facies on calcareous substrates (Festuco-Brometalia), with an important presence of orchids

•7220: Petrifying springs with tufa formation (Cratoneurion)

•91AA: Eastern white oak forests

•91E0: Alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae)

•9210: Apennine beech forests with Taxus and Ilex

•9220: Apennine beech forests with Abies alba

The woods occupy most of the Reserve (more than. 125 ha): they derive from past coppicing and can therefore be classified as “aged” coppices of Turkey oak (Quercus cerris), downy oak (Quercus pubescens) and holm oak (Quercus ilex) which, in the warmer exposures, include a varied retinue of Mediterranean shrubs.

Moreover, thanks to the orographic characteristics that make the site unique, majestic specimens of beech trees (Fagus sylvatica) can be found at low altitudes, in cooler locations, together with a nucleus of birches (Betula pendula) and bushes of the rare fern Osmunda regalis, as well as the frequent yew (Taxus baccata).

The observations were made by congress partecipants and each record includes the date, coordinates and species identification of the observation. The dataset contains 86 records. The data gathered provided a significative improvement in the knowedge of the fauna distribution in Belagaio Nature State Reserve, providing useful conservation insights for the Reserve managers.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

The occurrence data came from the activity of expert entomologists in Belagaio Nature State Reserve, in the context of the filed trip organized for the European Symposium on Saproxylic Ecology (ESSE2025)

Sampling

Observations of individuals were conducted in the field on occasional basis

Quality Control

Each occurrence record is a provided with a species identification provided by the expert entomologists attending the field trip thus all records are considered expert-validated

Method steps

Data have been collected by expert entomologists attending the field trip of the European Symposium on Saproxylic Ecology (ESSE2025)
Collectors were asked to share their records with the ESSE2025 organizers, requiring a number of mandatory information (e.g., species identification, coordinates, etc.)
The present checklist is published in GBIF and it has also been shared directly with Belagaio Nature State Reserve managers

Taxonomic Coverages

Mollusca
rank: phylum
Arthropoda
rank: phylum
Scoliidae
rank: family
Diptera
rank: order
Zopheridae
rank: family
Nymphalidae
rank: family
Geomitridae
rank: family
Hemiptera
rank: order
Histeridae
rank: family
Animalia
rank: kingdom
Pseudoscorpiones
rank: order
Chernetidae
rank: family
Carabidae
rank: family
Buprestidae
rank: family
Stratiomyidae
rank: family
Aranaea
rank: order
Scraptiidae
rank: family
Cerylonidae
rank: family
Saturnidae
rank: family
Salticidae
rank: family
Elateridae
rank: family
Coleoptera
rank: order
Salpingidae
rank: family
Arachnida
rank: class
Insecta
rank: class
Keroplatidae
rank: family
Geotrupidae
rank: family
Hymenoptera
rank: order
Scarabaeidae
rank: family
Oedemeridae
rank: family
Malacostraca
rank: class
Saturniidae
rank: family
Tachinidae
rank: family
Ciidae
rank: family
Armadillidiidae
rank: family
Syrphidae
rank: family
Cleridae
rank: family
Chrysomelidae
rank: family
Cerambycidae
rank: family
Stylommatophora
rank: order
Coreidae
rank: family
Araneidae
rank: family
Tipulidae
rank: family
Tenebrionidae
rank: family
Clausiliidae
rank: family
Isopoda
rank: order
Gastropoda
rank: class
Lepidoptera
rank: order
Apidae
rank: family
Formicidae
rank: family

Geographic Coverages

Samplings occurred in Belagaio Nature State Reserve in Grosseto province (Tuscany). This Reserve is included within the larger Natura 2000 protected area "Val di Farma" (SAC IT51A0003), developing on the right bank of the Farma river, a tributary of the Merse river. Italy>Tuscany>Grosseto Province

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Silvia Gisondi
originator
position: Researcher
CREA Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification
Via C.G. Bertero 22
Rome
00156
IT
email: silvia.gisondi@crea.gov.it
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1260-582X

Alice Lenzi
originator
position: Technician
CREA Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification
Via Lanciola 12/a
Firenze
50125
IT
email: alice.lenzi@crea.gov.it
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3456-5726

Alessandro Campanaro
originator
position: Senior researcher
CREA Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification
Via Lanciola 12/a
Florence
50125
email: alessandro.campanaro@crea.gov.it
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4043-6362

Silvia Gisondi
metadata author
position: Researcher
CREA Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification
Via C.G. Bertero 22
Rome
00156
IT
email: silvia.gisondi@crea.gov.it
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1260-582X

Alessandro Campanaro
administrative point of contact
position: Senior researcher
CREA Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification
Via Lanciola 12/a
Florence
50125
IT
email: alessandro.campanaro@crea.gov.it
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4043-6362