Campo, G., Mazzeo, G., Nucifora, S., Perrotta, G., Sidoti, A., & Bella, S. 2018 Insects and fungi on the relict Zelkova sicula (Rosales, Ulmaceae) in Sicily (Italy): New records and known species in a short review. Redia 101: 23-30

Keywords:

  • distribution
  • host
  • Notes: The Authors report the results of a study conducted with the purpose of increasing the knowledge about the insects and fungi living on Zelkova sicula Di Pasquale, Garfì & Quézel, 1992 (Rosales, Ulmaceae). The plant is a very rare relict of the Tertiary period, belonging to a genus of trees extinct in continental Europe. Only two small populations are known living in a restricted woodland in the province of Syracuse, Sicily