Saproxylic beetles of the Po plain woodlands, Italy Author Stefanelli, Silvia Author Della Rocca, Francesca Author Bogliani, Giuseppe text Biodiversity Data Journal 2014 2 1106 1106 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1106 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1106 1314-2828-2-1106 Dryophthorus corticalis (Paykull, 1792) Curculio corticalis (Paykull, 1792) - Fauna Europaea (2013) Materials Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Silvia Stefanelli ; individualCount: 2 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: taxonID: urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:257317; scientificName: Dryophthoruscorticalis; order: Coleoptera; family: Dryophthoridae; genus: Dryophthorus; scientificNameAuthorship: Paykull 1792; Location: country: Italy ; stateProvince: Pavia; locality: SIC "Boschi Siro Negri e Moriano" - BN21 ; verbatimElevation: 66 m; verbatimCoordinates: 32T 506342E 5005026N; verbatimCoordinateSystem: UTM WGS 84; decimalLatitude: 45.198691 ; decimalLongitude: 9.080746 ; georeferencedBy: Silvia Stefanelli; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Enzo Colonnelli; dateIdentified: 2011 Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Silvia Stefanelli ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: taxonID: urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:257317; scientificName: Dryophthoruscorticalis; order: Coleoptera; family: Dryophthoridae; genus: Dryophthorus; scientificNameAuthorship: Paykull 1792; Location: country: Italy ; stateProvince: Pavia; locality: SIC "Boschi Siro Negri e Moriano" - BN5 ; verbatimElevation: 62 m; verbatimCoordinates: 32T 502886E 5008393N; verbatimCoordinateSystem: UTM WGS 84; decimalLatitude: 45.229029 ; decimalLongitude: 9.036770 ; georeferencedBy: Silvia Stefanelli; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Enzo Colonnelli; dateIdentified: 2011 Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Silvia Stefanelli ; individualCount: 28 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: taxonID: urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:257317; scientificName: Dryophthoruscorticalis; order: Coleoptera; family: Dryophthoridae; genus: Dryophthorus; scientificNameAuthorship: Paykull 1792; Location: country: Italy ; stateProvince: Pavia; locality: SIC "Boschi Siro Negri e Moriano" - BN10 ; verbatimElevation: 76 m; verbatimCoordinates: 32T 504479E 5006332N; verbatimCoordinateSystem: UTM WGS 84; decimalLatitude: 45.210461 ; decimalLongitude: 9.057038 ; georeferencedBy: Silvia Stefanelli; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Enzo Colonnelli; dateIdentified: 2011 Distribution Austria, Britain I., Bulgaria, Corsica, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Kaliningrad Region, Latvia, Lithuania, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Russia Northwest, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Ukraine ( Fauna Europaea 2013 ). Notes The species inhabits the old relict forests of broadleaves and conifers throughout Europe. Despite their wide distribution, this species is pretty rare probably because of its hidden lifestyle and difficulty to collect. The larva develops in the hard wood of oaks and also in beeches and is often associated with the ant Lasius brunneus ( Alexander 2002 , Pesic 2011 ).