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ac- Area Geographic Distance to Endemic Number of
Island ronym (km²) Origin coordinates m.s.l.m. mainland and suben- taxa for
(km) demic taxa km²
Eolie Lat: 38.80º N;
Stromboli ST 12.2 Volcanic Long: 15.25º E 924 54 11 0.9
Lat: 38.63º N;
Panarea PA 3.4 Volcanic 420 41 10 2.94
Long: 15.07º E
Lat: 38.42º N;
Vulcano VU 21 Volcanic 499 20 12 0.57
Long: 14.98º E
Lat: 38.45º N;
Lipari LI 37.3 Volcanic 602 27 14 0.38
Long: 14.97º E
Lat: 38.57º N;
Salina SA 26.4 Volcanic Long: 14.87º E 962 38 17 0.64
Lat: 38.58º N;
Filicudi FI 9.5 Volcanic 773 45 10 1.05
Long: 14.58º E
Lat: 38.55º N;
Alicudi AL 5.1 Volcanic 675 53 6 1.18
Long: 14.37º E
Lat: 38.72º N;
Ustica US 8.1 Volcanic 266 51 4 0.49
Long: 13.20º E
Egadi Lat: 37.59° N;
Levanzo LE 5.6 Sedimentary Long: 12.20° E 278 13 6 1.07
Lat: 37. 55° N;
Favignana FA 19.5 Sedimentary Long:12.19° E 302 8 6 0.25
Lat: 37°58° N;
Marettimo MA 12.3 Sedimentary 686 35 18 1.46
Long: 12.3° E
Lat: 36.80º N;
Pantelleria PN 83 Volcanic 836 67 20 0.24
Long: 12.00º E
Pelagie LN 5.4 Volcanic Lat: 35.88º N; 195 165 7 1.29
Linosa Long: 12.38º E
Lat: 35.57º N;
Lampione LA 0.036 Sedimentary 36 100 9 250
Long: 12.33º E
Lat: 35.52º N;
Lampedusa LM 20 Sedimentary 133 120 27 1.35
Long: 12.62º E
Table 1. Geographic coordinates of the circum-Sicilian islands, number of known endemic taxa and density.
2013) and 1 for Lampione (Otiorhynchus (Aram- (Pseudomeira aeolica Bellò, Pesarini et Pierotti,
michnus) poggii Di Marco, Osella et Zuppa, 2002). 1997; Ocys beatricis Magrini, Cecchi et Lo Cascio,
We also have a good overall level of the faun- 2000; Nalassus pastai Aliquò, Leo et Lo Cascio,
istic knowledge for the Aeolian Archipelago and for 2006; Anthaxia (Haplantaxia) flaviae Lo Cascio
the Island of Ustica, systematically investigated et Sparacio, 2010; Firminus massai Arnone, Lo
especially from the sixties with the project “Piccole Cascio et Grita, 2014).
Isole” promoted by CNR (Lo Cascio & Navarra, Differently from the other circum-sicilian is-
2003). The conspicuous material gathered has been lands, the Egadi islands have been the subject for
published in the conference proceedings to the deeper zoological surveys only starting from the
“XVIII Convegno della Società Italiana di Biogeo- end of the sixties; these surveys have been carried
grafia”, whose subject was “The animal and vegetal out by CNR (project “Piccole Isole”) (Reverberi &
population of circum-sicilian islands” (AA.VV., Riggio, 1971). The results to these surveys have
1973). In recent times several contributions have mainly pertained some groups of invertebrates
updated the knowledge on many Aeolian popula- (Matic, 1968; Focarile, 1969; Strasser, 1969;
tions of invertebrates (Gridelli, 1972; Ratti, 1987; Marcuzzi, 1970; Magistretti, 1971; Alicata, 1973;
Aliquò 1993, 1995; Lo Cascio & Magrini, 1998; Caruso, 1973; Tamanini, 1973), Amphibians and
Cecchi & Lo Cascio, 1999, 2000; Cecchi et al., Rectiles (Bruno, 1970; Lanza, 1973). From that
1999; Arnone et al., 2001; Dapporto & Lo Cascio, moment until today other contributions have been
2001; Lo Cascio et al., 2006) and vertebrates (Lo added, which favoured a widening of the available
Cascio, 1994, 2000, 2009, 2010; Deidun et al., knowledge, particularly for tenebrionid beetles
2011; Lo Cascio et al., 2001, 2005; Scalera et al., (Aliquò, 1993, 1995) and terrestrial molluscs
2004) as well as the discovery of a few new species (Beckmann, 1992; 2003; Cianfanelli et al., 2004;