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2019

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Poster

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Italy

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by Circeo National Park

General Documentation

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2020

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Layman's Report

LIFE SAMFIX

LIFE SAMFIX

Project information

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France

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by INRAE

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2022

Leaflet 2022

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Spain

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by Alicante University

Guidelines for Pest and Pathway Risk Analysis

of Xylosandrus compactus and X. Crassiusculus

Deliverable

Task D1.4

Training package

Module 1, 2022

Biology of X. compactus and X. crassiusculus

Action C5

Training package

Module 4, 2022

Prevention: reducing vulnerability through forest interventions

Training package

Module 7, 2022

Supporting technologies: smart traps and app

Action C5

Training Package and guidelines

Final prevention, early warning and rapid response protocols

2022

Deliverable

Action C5

Training package

Module 2, 2022

Xylosandrus and associated fungi

Action C5

Training package

Module 5, 2022

Early warning and monitoring

Action C5

SAMFIX training kit

Complete, 2022

Training package 2022

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Training package

Module 3, 2022

Invasion history and pathways

Action C5

Training package

Module 6, 2022

Containment

Action C5

Other documentation

DELIVERABLES

A1 Initial trapping design for monitoring Xylosandrus compactus and X. crassiusculus in project areas

A2 Fast routine protocol for detection of fungal symbiotic community associated to trapped Xylosandrus

A2 Fast routine protocol to test pathogenicity of alien fungal species

A3 Final version Platform design and App description

A3 X-Platform and X-app Quick Start

C1 Report on GIS and local data collection and analysis in GIS framework

C1 Report on Remote Sensing data collection, analysis and integration procedures

C1 Report on best practices for the integration of remote sensing and GIS spatial analysis into invasive species control and monitoring tools

C2 Italy: Revised local management protocols and plans – first update

C2 Italy: Revised local management protocols and plans – second update

C2 Italy: Revised local management protocols and plans – third update

C3 Spain: Revised local management protocols and plans – first update

C3 Spain: Revised local management protocols and plans – second update

C3 Spain: Revised local management protocols and plans – third update

C4 France: Revised local management protocols and plans – first update

C4 France: Revised local management protocols and plans – second update

C4 France: Revised local management protocols and plans – third update

C5 Trapping designs for Italian replication sites 2020

C5 Trapping designs for French replication sites 2020

C5 Trapping designs for Spanish replication sites 2020

C5 Trapping designs for French replication sites 2021

C5 Final report on findings in the replication sites

D1 Interim evaluation on the effectiveness of lures

D1 Main pathways driving insect and symbiotic fungi introduction

D1 Xylosandrus spp. population European distribution and genetic structure

D1 Final evaluation on the effectiveness of lures

D1 Trap density and distribution – final evaluation

D1 Final list of fungi associated to Xylosandrus spp.

D2 Final analysis of the results and eventual deviations experienced/expected as compared to the original KPI

D3 Socio-economic impact analysis

D4 Evaluation of impacts of Xylosandrus spp. and project activities on main ecosystem processes

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Cost Action FP1406 PINESTRENGTH, Skopje 26/03/2019

LIFE ARTEMIS conference 25-28/09/2019

IV Reunion Cientifica de Sanidad forestal, Huelva 25-26/09/2019

XVIII CONGRESO IBÉRICO DE ENTOMOLOGÍA, Madrid 10-13/10/2019

IV REUNIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE SANIDAD FORESTAL, Huelva 15/10/2019

INTERREG ALIEM final conference, Livorno 13/10/2020

SAMFIX 2° National Conference on “The silent invasions of scolithids Detection, risks and perspectives” in Valencia, Spain 19/04/2021

Presentación del proyecto SAMFIX y presentación de la APP Samfix Agent para ciencia ciudadana, D. Gallego

Xylosandrus crassiusculus en España: Distribución, periodo de vuelo, daños y herramientas de contención, N. Molina

Xylosandrus invasores en el Parque Nacional del Circeo, Italia, S. Speranza

Xylosandrus invasores en Europa y hongos de ambrosía: una simbiosis de alto Riesgo, C. Morales

Primera detección de Xylosandrus compactus en la Península Ibérica, J. M. Riba-Flinch

CNIE 2021 TORINO – Genetic structure of European invasive populations of two Xylosandrus species

CNIE 2021 TORINO – Bark and ambrosia beetles invasive of Mediterranean forest ecosystems – Cappello

CNIE 2021 TORINO – Bark and ambrosia beetles invasive of Mediterranean forest ecosystems – Vannini

CNIE 2021 TORINO – Current status of invasions by non-native insects related to woody plants

CNIE 2021 TORINO – Expansion of invasive populations of Xylosandrus spp. in Spain and their survey

CNIE 2021 TORINO – The Life SAMFIX project: an example of mitigation of biological invasions in Mediterranean forest ecosystems

Groupement des Entomologistes et Pathologistes Forestiers Francophones (GEFF-GFPF), Biscarosse 27-30/09/2021

Sino-France Joint Laboratory for Invasive Forest Pests in Eurasia (IFOPE), 12/10/2021

12eme “Conference internationale sur les ravageurs et auxiliaries en Agricolture” – CIRAA, Montpellier 26/10/2021

SAPROX webinar, 20/11/2021

Meeting with the Department of Forest Health (Départment de la santé des forets – DSF), Nice 13/04/2022

8° Congreso forestal Español, Lleida 27/05/2022-01/06/2022

Networking conference for the parks and gardens department of the city of Nice, Nice 14/06/2022

PUBLICATIONS

“First record of Xylosandrus germanus (Blandford) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) in the
Mediterranean scrubland in Southern Italy, and its co-presence with the co-generic species X.
compactus (Eichhoff) and X. crassiusculus (Motschulsky)”, by M. CONTARINI, A. VANNINI, F.
GIARRUZZO, M. FACCOLI, C. MORALES-RODRIGUEZ, L. ROSSINI, S. SPERANZA, in: Bulletin
OEPP/EPPO Bulletin (2020) 0 (0), pp. 1–5, on 31 May 2020

“First record of the black twig borer, Xylosandrus compactus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae,
Scolytinae) in Spain”, by M. LEZA, L. NUÑEZ, J. MARIA RIBA, C. COMPARINI, Á. ROCA, D. GALLEGO,
in: Zootaxa 4767 (2): pp. 345–350, on 24 April 2020

“Environmental, biological and human drivers of the dieback of an evergreen Mediterranean
forest”, by P. DE ANGELIS, D. LIBERATI, D. GIULIARELLI, L. ORETI, and A. VANNINI, in: EGU2020-
21728, on 5 May 2020

“Proyecto LIFE SAMFIX: Primeros resultados de la comunidad de insectos forestales capturada
en trampeos para detectar la especie invasora Xylosandrus crassiusculus (Coleoptera, Curculionidae,
Scolytinae)", by Gallego, D; Molina, N; Di Sora, N; Mas, H.; González, E., in: Cuad. Soc. Esp. Cienc. For.
46(1): 71-82 (2020), 22/10/2020 Doi: https://doi.org/10.31167/csecfv0i46.19891

“Bark beetles and pinhole borers recently or newly introduced to France (Coleoptera:
Curculionidae, Scolytinae and Platypodinae), by T. BARNOUIN, F. SOLDATI, A. ROQUES, M.
FACCOLI, L. R.KIRKENDALL, R. MOUTTET, J. DAUBREE, T. NOBLECOURT, in: Zootaxa 4877 (1): pp.
051–074, on: 9 November 2020

“Xylosandrus compactus, un nuovo parassita forestale invade l’Italia” by M. FACCOLI, in Forest@,
21 January 2021

“Las invasiones silenciosas de escolítidos: el caso del género Xylosandrus (Coleoptera,
Curculionidae, Scolytinae)” by D. GALLEGO, J. MARÍA RIBA, N. MOLINA, E. GONZÁLEZ, N. DI SORA,
L. NÚÑEZ, A. MARÍA CLOSA, C. COMPARINI, M. LEZA, in: Foresta 200 No. 78, 11 December 2020

“The fungal community associated with the ambrosia beetle Xylosandrus compactus invading the
mediterranean maquis in central Italy reveals high biodiversity and suggests environmental
acquisitions” by C. MORALES-RODRÍGUEZ, I. SFERRAZZA, M. ALEANDRI, M. DALLA VALLE, S.
SPERANZA, M. CONTARINI, A. VANNINI, in Fungal Biology Volume 125, Issue 1, January 2021

“Climate change impact on the potential geographical distribution of two invading Xylosandrus
ambrosia beetles” by T. URVOIS, M. A. AUGER‐ROZENBERG, A. ROQUES, J. P. ROSSI & C.
KERDELHUE, on Nature.com Scientific Reports, January 2021

“First records of Xylosandrus compactus (Coleoptera: Curcolionidae, Scolytinae) in the Iberian Peninsula:
an expanding alien species?” by JOSEP M. RIBA-FLINCH, MAR LEZA, DIEGO GALLEGO, in: Zootaxa 4970
(1:13 May 2021), on: 13/05/2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4970.1.8

“A first interference of the phylogeography of the worldwide invades Xylosandrus compactus” by
T. URVOIS, C. PERRIER, A. ROQUES, L. SAUNè, C. COURTIN, Y.LI, A.J.JOHNSON, J.HULCR, M.A. AUGER-ROSENBERG,
C. KERDELHUè, in: Journal of Pest Science 95, on: 20/10/2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-021-01443-7

“Current status and first detection of Xylosandrus germanus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in live trees in
the Iberian Peninsula” by JOSEP M. RIBA-FLINCH, ANNA GARRETA, ANNA AYMAMI, BELEN LUMBIERRES,
HUGO MAS, DIEGO GALLEGO, in: EPPO Bulletin Vol. 52 Issue 2 (p.463-470), on: 01/08/2022. DOI: 10.1111/epp.12865

“First record of Xyleborus bispinatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) and evidence of stable populations in
the Iberian Peninsula” by DIEGO GALLEGO, NICOLÒ DI SORA, NOELIA MOLINA, EUDALDO GONZALEZ-ROSA,
HUGO MAS, MILOS KNIZEK, in: Zootaxa, 5174 (2): 157-164, on 09/08/2022. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5174.2.2