Exotic Elateridae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea) in Italy: An Overview Author Ruzzier, Enrico Author Tomasi, Filippo Author Platia, Giuseppe Author Pulvirenti, Edoardo text The Coleopterists Bulletin 2021 2021-12-07 75 3 673 679 http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-75.3.673 journal article 10.1649/0010-065X-75.3.673 1938-4394 13251418 Aeolus melliculus Candèze, 1859 ( Fig. 2A ) Origin. Neotropical. Palearctic Distribution. Portugal ( Azores ) (Cate 2007); Portugal , Cyprus ( Mertlik 2012 ); Spain (Zapata de la Vega et al. 2013); Italy ( Jarzabek-Müller 2019 ). Italian Records. Tuscany , Elba Island , Portoferraio ( Livorno ), loc. S. Giovanni 10.VI.2016 , leg. L. Forbicioni , 1 ex ( LFPC ) ( Jarzabek-Müller 2019 ) ; Lazio , near Tor San Lorenzo ( Roma ), 41.5633013 , 12.5648635 , 5.XII.2019 , leg. V. Viglioglia , 1 ex ( VVPC ) . Tuscany , Elba Island , Portoferraio ( Livorno ), loc. S. Giovanni , 42.801016 , 10.313207 , 26.XI.2019 , leg. L. Forbicioni , 2 exx ( LFPC ) . Note. All the specimen from Elba Island were collected in a flooded cultivated field, sifting plant debris. The specimen from Tor San Lorenzo was hand collected inside a private butterfly house set up with exotic plants. In both cases a plant nursery was in close contact with the discovery site.