What came out of it

Dapporto L., Mouquet N., Bruschini C., Arif S., Bonelli S., Bordoni A., Cappa F., Chelazzi G., Ffrench-Constant R., Giannoni M., Joron M., Kamenova S., Keskin E., Kühn E., Lohman D. J., Lucek K., Marabuto E., Menchetti M., Moreira-Pinhal T. C., Moro G., Orizaola G., Pasquali L., Skowron Volponi M., Salvati V., González Sevilleja C., van Swaay C., Warren M., Wynhoff I., Vila R., Wiorek M., Mingrui L., Wright C. J., Zingaro V., Sucháčková Bartoňová A., Cini A., Portera M. (2026) Beauty bias in butterfly research and conservation

Current Biology, 36, 1-10 · 10.1016/j.cub.2026.07.049

García F., Cuesta-Segura A.D., Vila R., Tinaut A., Talavera G., Arcos J., Menchetti M. (2026) The parasitic ant genus Bothriomyrmex Emery, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Iberian Peninsula: review of the knowledge and new data.senior

Sociobiology, in press

García F., Cuesta-Segura A.D., Espadaler X., Vila R., Menchetti M. (2026) Description of a new desert-ant belonging to the Cataglyphis cursor group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Iberian Peninsula.senior

Arquivos Entomolóxicos, 35: 47–84

Dapporto L., Bruschini C., Bordoni A., Cini A., Dincă V., Di Nuzzo L., Iannucci A., Menchetti M., Pasquali L., Salvati V., Spilani L., Talavera G., Vergata C., Vodă R., Fratini S., Vila R. (2026) Discrete isolation and continuous area drive genetic divergence across Mediterranean islands.

Global Ecology and Biogeography, 35: e70263 · 10.1111/geb.70263

Voges J.H., Salata S., Borowiec L., Bujan J., Georgiadis C., Karaman C., Kiran K., Lapeva-Gjonova A., Lebas C., Menchetti M., Schifani E., Taheri A., Blaimer B.B. (2026) Evolution of Crematogaster sordidula (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) ants in the Mediterranean region during Plio-Pleistocene climatic changes.

Zoologica Scripta, 0: 1–24 · 10.1111/zsc.70049

Lagrotteria A., Ancillotto L., Baratti M., Picchi M. S., Lima da Silveira L. F., Faraone F. P., Marrone L., Vecchioni L., Milana G., Di Bari P., Fragalà D., Lazzeri L., Forbicioni L., Schifani E., Cioppa D., Guadagnini A., Pisu D., Viviano A., Maggioni M., Serafini E., Canestrelli D., Gardini P., Lelli N., Spilinga C., Menchetti M., Polidori C., Somà F., Scarfò M., De Cock R., Mori E. (2026) Lights in the Mediterranean night: firefly distribution in Italian islands revealed through citizen-science and scientific field-work.

Biogeographia – The Journal of Integrative Biogeography, 41(1) · 10.21426/B6.63009

Arcos J., López-Collar D., Menchetti M., Hamer M. T., Logachev M., Pinto T., Rosado Á. (2026) Non-native ants of the Iberian Peninsula: a 2025 update.

Sociobiology, 73(2): e11981 · 10.13102/sociobiology.v73i2.11981

Menchetti M., Schifani E., García F., Schär S., Sbrega E., Balević N., Blaimer B., Borowiec L., Cioppa D., Corbella C., Dincă V., Gentile V., Giotis I., Gómez K., Gómez Durán J.M., Kalaentzis K., Lapeva-Gjonova A., Mori E., Talavera G., Tinaut A., Ruano F., Salata S., Sequeira E., Serracanta M., Suchan T., Hebert P.D.N., Dapporto L., Vila R. (2026) DNA barcode reference library for European ants: a roadmap for phylogeography and species discovery.first

Molecular Ecology Resources, 26(3), e70135 · 10.1111/1755-0998.70135

Vila R., Menchetti M., Wright C. J., Meier J. I., Blaxter M. (2026) The genome sequence of the Cardinal, Argynnis pandora (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae).

Wellcome Open Research · 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.25722.1

Vila R., Menchetti M., Wright C. J., Meier J. I., Blaxter M. (2026) The genome sequence of the Common Zebra Blue butterfly, Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae).

Wellcome Open Research · 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.25846.1

Menchetti M., Hinojosa J. C., Vila R., Wright C. J., Meier J. I., Blaxter M. (2026) The genome sequence of the Portuguese Dappled White, Euchloe tagis (Hübner, 1804) (Lepidoptera: Pieridae).first

Wellcome Open Research · 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.25883.1

Menchetti M., Hinojosa J. C., Vila R., Wright C. J., Meier J. I., Blaxter M. (2026) The genome sequence of the Provence Hairstreak, Tomares ballus (Fabricius, 1787) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae).first

Wellcome Open Research · 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.25725.1

Menchetti M., Hinojosa J. C., Kaminski L., Vila R., Wright C. J., Meier J. I., Blaxter M. (2026) The genome sequence of the Sage Skipper, Muschampia proto (Ochsenheimer, 1808) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae).first

Wellcome Open Research · 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.25829.1

Menchetti M., Hinojosa J.C., Vila R., Wright C.J., Meier J.I., Blaxter M.L. (2026) The genome sequence of the Spanish Festoon, Zerynthia rumina (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae).first

Wellcome Open Research · 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.25724.1

Oueslati W., Alicata A., Menchetti M., Nouira S., Schifani E. (2025) All Across North Africa: The Non-Native Longhorn Crazy Ant Paratrechina longicornis (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Libya and Tunisia.

Sociobiology, 72(3), e11799 · 10.13102/sociobiology.v72i3.11799

Oberski J. T., Griebenow Z. H., Adams R. M. M., Andersen A., Andrade-Silva J., Barden P., Borowiec M., Brady S., Casadei-Ferreira A., Csősz S., Martins Dias A., Dias R. K. S., Feitosa R. M., Fernandez F., Fisher B. L., General D. E. M., Gomez K., Hammel J. U., Hawkes P. G., Janda M., Khalife A., Ladino N., Lieberman Z. E., Lucky A., Menchetti M., Pires do Prado L., Prebus M. M., Probst R. S., Punnath A., Richter A., Salata S., Sánchez-Restrepo A. F., Schifani E., Schultz T. R., Silva R. R., Sosa-Calvo J., Tocora M. C., Ulysséa M. A., van de Kamp T., Wang W. Y., Williams J. L., Procopio Camacho G., Boudinot B. E. (2025) Ant systematics: Past, present, and future.

Insect Systematics and Diversity, 9(4), 11; 2025 · 10.1093/isd/ixaf025

Falaschi M., Simoncini A., Ancillotto L., Viviano A., Menchetti M., Mazza G., Mori E. (2025) Crossing borders: Connectivity analyses reveal potential patterns of range expansion of the Northern raccoon in Europe.

NeoBiota, 99: 71–92 · 10.3897/neobiota.99.148837

Schifani E., Menchetti M., Csősz S., Vila R. (2025) Inflated taxonomy in the West Mediterranean Temnothorax algiricus complex (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) revealed by quantitative morphology.

Zootaxa, 5691 (2), 257–276 · 10.11646/zootaxa.5691.2.4

Loiseau A., Kergoat G.J., Blight O., Demetriou J., Espadaler X., Benoit L., Calcaterra L.A., Chifflet L., Jourdan H, Menchetti M., Facon B., Foucaud J. (2025) Newcomers and old friends: Long-distance and bridgehead introductions both contribute to the recent invasion of the little fire ant in Southern Europe.

Diversity and Distributions · 10.1111/ddi.70051

Wright C. J., Wahlberg N., Vila R., Mutanen M., Matos-Maraví P., Lucek K., Kleckova I., Dapporto L., Dincă V., Bruschini C., Wheat C. W., Vila M., Torrado-Blanco L., Todisco V., Rindos M., Nguyen P., Mulhair P. O., Kamenova S., Hicks M., Espeland M., Drinnenberg I. A., Doblas-Bajo M., Bailey R. I., The Project Psyche Community [Absolon D., Baixeras J., Baral S., Bertocchini F., Beshkov S., Boman J., Bordoni A., Boussau B., Bridle J., Challis R., Chkhartishvili T., Cornet C., Decroly T., Despres L., Downes L., Escuer P., Elias M., Emerson B., Fabusova M., Fric Z. F., Gauthier J., Hévin N., Huemer P., Hundsdoerfer A. K., Joron M., Keskin E., Kriegova E., Kustatscher E., La Cava S., Lancho J., Linke D., Littmann L., Lohse K., Marques V., McKenna D., Menchetti M., Meyer M., Moreira T., Nahirnić-Beshkova A., Nazari V., Nunez R., Ortiz A. S., Õunap E., Pohjoismäki J., Potocký P., Przybyłowicz Ł., Repullés M., Rota J., Scalercio S., Schattanek-Wiesmar B., Schattanek-Wiesmair P., Schmitz D., Sotero-Caio C. G., Spilani L., Spilker C., Sramkó G., Stewart J., Stojanovic D. V., Suchackova Bartonova A., Tarmann G., Toro-Delgado E., Thallinger G. G., Ulaşlı B., Vallinmäki M., Pérez Santa Rita J. V., Visacki V., Vrba P., Weber C. C., Wiemers M., Wiorek M., Yapar E., Zlatkovic M., Zucco G.], Blaxter M., Meier J. I. (2025) Project Psyche: reference genomes for all Lepidoptera in Europe.

Trends in Ecology & Evolution · 10.1016/j.tree.2025.10.007

Giuntini S., Lipparelli T., Mori E., Viviano A., Menchetti M., Ancillotto L. (2025) Unveiling the occurrence of new aliens in town: the case of conures from urban areas of Italy.

Arxius de Miscel·lània Zoològica, 23: 91-94 · 10.32800/amz.2025.23.0091

D’Ercole J., Dapporto L., Opler P., Schmidt C. B., Ho C., Menchetti M., Zakharov E. V., Burns J. M, Hebert P. D. (2024) A genetic atlas for the butterflies of continental Canada and United States.

Plos one, 19(4), e0300811 · 10.1371/journal.pone.0300811

Schifani E., Grunicke D., Montechiarini A., Pradera C., Vila R., Menchetti M. (2024) Alien ants spreading through Europe: Brachyponera chinensis and Nylanderia vividula in Italy.senior

Biodiversity Data Journal, 12: e123502 · 10.3897/BDJ.12.e123502

Schifani E., Georgiadis C., Menchetti M. (2024) Cardiocondyla obscurior, a new alien ant in Crete (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).senior

Biogeographia – The Journal of Integrative Biogeography, 2024, 39(1): a033 · 10.21426/B639162750

Gorki J. L., López-Mañas R., Sáez L., Menchetti M., Shapoval N., Andersen A., Benyamini D., Daniels S., García-Berro A., Reich M. S., Scalercio S., Toro-Delgado E., Bataille C. P., Domingo-Marimon C., Vila R., Suchan T., Talavera G. (2024) Pollen metabarcoding reveals the origin and multigenerational migratory pathway of an intercontinental-scale butterfly outbreak.

Current Biology · 10.1016/j.cub.2024.05.037

Menchetti M., Schifani E., Alicata A., Cardador L., Sbrega E., Toro-Delgado E., Vila R. (2024) Response to Genovesi et al.: Ant biosurveillance should come before invasion.first

Current Biology, 34, R37–R52 · 10.1016/j.cub.2023.11.055

Zięcina D., Menchetti M., Borowiec L., Bračko G., Lapeva-Gjonova A., Vila R., Salata S. (2024) Taxonomic revision of the Aphaenogaster subterranea species group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).

Annales Zoologici, 74: 237–282 · 10.3161/00034541ANZ2024.74.2.002

Dapporto L., Menchetti M., Dincă V., Talavera G., Garcia-Berro A., D'Ercole J., Hebert P. D.N., Vila R. (2024) The genetic legacy of the Quaternary ice ages for West Palearctic butterflies.co-first

Science Advances · 10.1126/sciadv.adm8596

Schär S., Vila R., Menchetti M. (2023) First Record of the Introduced Ant Myrmica specioides In the Eastern United States.senior

Sociobiology, 70(4), e9153-e9153 · 10.13102/sociobiology.v70i4.9153

Menchetti M., Schifani E., Alicata A., Vila R. (2023) Quantitative morphology and mtDNA reveal that Lasius maltaeus is not endemic to the Maltese Islands (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).first

Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 95, 129-142 · 10.3897/jhr.95.96365

Talavera G., García-Berro A., Talla V. N. K., Ng’iru I., Bahleman F., Kébé K., Nzala K. M., Plasencia D., Marafi M. A. J., Kassie A., Goudégnon E. O. A., Kiki M., Benyamini D., Reich M. S., López-Mañas R., Benetello F., Collins S. C., Bataille C.P., Pierce N. E., Martins D.J., Suchan T., Menchetti M., Vila R. (2023) The Afrotropical breeding grounds of the Palearctic-African migratory painted lady butterflies (Vanessa cardui).

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120 (16) e2218280120 · 10.1073/pnas.2218280120

Menchetti M., Schifani E., Alicata A., Cardador L., Sbrega E., Toro-Delgado E., Vila R. (2023) The invasive ant Solenopsis invicta is established in Europe.first

Current Biology, 33(17), PR896-R897 · 10.1016/j.cub.2023.07.036

Schifani E., Alicata A., Borowiec L., García F., Gentile V., Gómez K., Nalini E., Rigato F., Schär S., Scupola A., Vila R., Menchetti M. (2023) Unrecognized for centuries: distribution and sexual caste descriptions of the West European Aphaenogaster species of the subterranea group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).senior

ZooKeys, 1153, 141 · 10.3897/zookeys.1153.98297

van Tongeren E., Sistri G., Bonifacino M., Menchetti M., Pasquali L., Salvati V., Balletto E., Bonelli S., Cini A., Portera M., Dapporto L. (2023) Unstructured citizen science reduces the perception of butterfly local extinctions: the interplay between species traits and user effort.

Biodiversity and Conservation, 33(17) · 10.1007/s10531-023-02721-9

Magory Cohen T., Hauber M. E., Akriotis T., Crochet P. A., Karris G., Kirschel A. N., Khoury F., Menchetti M., Mori E., Per E., Reino L., Saavedra S., Santana J., Dor R. (2022) Accelerated avian invasion into the Mediterranean region endangers biodiversity and mandates international collaboration.

Journal of Applied Ecology, 59(6), 1440-1455 · 10.1111/1365-2664.14150

Bonifacino M., Pasquali L., Sistri G., Menchetti M., Santini L., Corbella C., Bonelli S., Balletto E., Vila R., Dincă V., Dapporto L. (2022) Climate change may cause the extinction of the butterfly Lasiommata petropolitana in the Apennines.

Journal of Insect Conservation, 26(6), 959-972 · 10.1007/s10841-022-00441-z

Schifani E., Alicata A., Menchetti M. (2022) Following the Apennines: updating the distribution of Formica clara and Formica rufibarbis in Italy (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).senior

Biogeographia – The Journal of Integrative Biogeography, 37 · 10.21426/B637155107

Schifani E., Alicata A., Menchetti M., Borowiec L., Fisher B. L., Karaman C., Kiran K., Oueslati W., Salata S., Blatrix R. (2022) Revisiting the morphological species groups of West-Palearctic Aphaenogaster ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) under a phylogenetic perspective: toward an evolutionary classification.

Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny, 80, 627-648 · 10.3897/asp.80.e84428

Dapporto L., Menchetti M., Vodă R., Corbella C., Cuvelier S., Djemadi I., Gascoigne-Pees M., Hinojosa J.C., Lam N.T., Serracanta M., Talavera G., Dincă V., Vila R. (2022) The atlas of mitochondrial genetic diversity for Western Palaearctic butterflies.co-first

Global Ecology and Biogeography, 31(11), 2184-2190 · 10.1111/geb.13579

Menchetti M., Schifani E., Gentile V., Vila R. (2022) The worrying arrival of the invasive Asian needle ant Brachyponera chinensis in Europe (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).first

Zootaxa, 5115(1), 146-150 · 10.11646/zootaxa.5115.1.10

Menchetti M., Cianferoni F., Mazza G., Dal Cin M., Barbato D., Benocci A., Cervo R., Dapporto l., Picchi M.S., Vanni L., Cabrini R., Mori E. (2021) Checklist of macro-invertebrates of the special conservation area “Poggi di Prata” (Grosseto, Central Italy) through a citizen-science and expert-based approach.first

Redia, 104: 63-68 · 10.19263/REDIA-104.21.07

Mori E., Magoga G., Panella M., Montagna M., Winsor L., Justine J. L., Menchetti M., Schifani E., Melone B., Mazza G. (2021) Discovering the Pandora’s box: the invasion of alien flatworms in Italy.

Biological Invasions, 1-12 · 10.1007/s10530-021-02638-w

Marrone F., Alfonso G., Barbagallo R., Brandmayr P., Bruni G., Costa S., Giovanni F., Gerecke R., Iannarelli A., Mazza G., Mazzei A., Menchetti M., Moretti V., Mori E., Novaga R., Pecoraro M., Schifani E., Stoch F., Vecchioni L. (2021) New distributional data for the Mediterranean medicinal leech Hirudo verbana Carena, 1820 (Hirudinea, Hirudinidae) in Italy, with a note on its feeding on amphibians.

Biogeographia–The Journal of Integrative Biogeography, 36 · 10.21426/B636052446

Senczuk G., Gramolini L., Avella I., Mori E., Menchetti M., Aloise G., Castiglia R. (2021) No association between candidate genes for color determination and color phenotype in Hierophis viridiflavus, and characterization of a contact zone.

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 59(3): 748-759 · 10.1111/jzs.12451

Sistri G., Menchetti M., Santini L., Pasquali L., Sapienti S., Cini A., Platania L., Balletto E., Barbero F., Bonelli S., Casacci L.P., Dincă V., Vila R., Mantoni C., Fattorini S., Dapporto L. (2021) The isolated Erebia pandrose Apennine population is genetically unique and endangered by climate change.co-first

Insect Conservation and Diversity · 10.1111/icad.12538

Menchetti M., Talavera G., Cini A., Salvati V., Dincă V., Platania L., Bonelli S., Balletto E., Vila R., Dapporto L. (2021) Two ways to be endemic. Alps and Apennines are different functional refugia during climatic cycles.first

Molecular Ecology · 10.1111/mec.15795

Nerva L., Iannucci A., Menchetti M., Andreoni A., Chitarra W., Martini M., Mueller N., Peeters T.M.J., Pesenti E., Verbeylen G., Zozzoli R., Mori E. (2021) Where do Chip and Dale come from? Origins of invasive populations of the Siberian chipmunk in Europe.

Mammal Research, 1-5 · 10.1007/s13364-021-00569-4

Platania L., Menchetti M., Dinca V., Corbella C., Kay-Lavelle I., Vila R., Wiemers M., Schweiger O., Dapporto L. (2020) Assigning occurrence data to cryptic taxa improves climatic niche assessments: biodecrypt, a new tool tested on European butterflies.co-first

Global Ecology and Biogeography, 29(10):1852-1865 · 10.1111/geb.13154

Dorigo L., Dal Lago T., Menchetti M., Sluys R. (2020) First records of two alien land flatworms (Tricladida, Geoplanidae) from Northeastern Italy.

Zootaxa, 4732(2):332-334 · 10.11646/zootaxa.4732.2.8

Scalercio S., Cini A., Menchetti M., Voda R., Bonelli S., Bordoni A., Casacci L.P., Dinca V., Balletto E., Vila R., Dapporto L. (2020) How long is 3 kilometres for a butterfly? Ecological constraints and functional traits explain high mitochondrial genetic diversity between Sicily and the Italian Peninsula.co-first

Journal of Animal Ecology · 10.1111/1365-2656.13196

Schär S., Menchetti M., Schifani E., Hinojosa J.C., Platania L., Dapporto L., Vila R. (2020) Integrative biodiversity inventory of ants from a Sicilian archipelago reveals high diversity on young volcanic islands (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).

Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 20: 405–416 · 10.1007/s13127-020-00442-3

Milanesi P., Mori E., Menchetti M. (2020) Observer-oriented approach improves species distribution models from citizen science data.senior

Ecology & Evolution, 10(21): 12104–12114 · 10.1002/ece3.6832

Mori E., Saavedra S., Menchetti M., Assandri G. (2020) Past and present distribution of the Common Myna Acridotheres tristis in Italy: a review.

Avocetta, 44: 32-36 · 10.30456/AVO.2020102

Ruzzier E., Menchetti M., Bortolotti L., Selis M., Monterastelli E., Forbicioni L. (2020) Updated distribution of the invasive Megachile sculpturalis (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in Italy and its first record on a Mediterranean island.

Biodiversity Data Journal, 8: e57783 · 10.3897/BDJ.8.e57783

Mori E., Malfatti L., Le Louarn M., Hernández-Brito D., Cate B., Ricci M., Menchetti M. (2020) “Some like it alien”: predation on invasive ring-necked parakeets by the long-eared owl in an urban area.senior

Animal Biodiversity and Conservation · 10.32800/abc.2020.43.0151

White R.L., Strubbe D, Dallimer M, Davies Z.G., Davis AJ.S, Edelaar P, Groombridge J, Jackson H.A., Menchetti M, Mori E, Nikolov B.P., Pârâu L.G., Pečnikar Živa F, Pett T.J., Reino L, Tollington S, Turbé A, Shwartz A (2019) Assessing the ecological and societal impacts of alien parrots in Europe using a transparent and inclusive evidence-mapping scheme.

NeoBiota, 48: 45-69 · 10.3897/neobiota.48.34222

Balestrieri A., Mori E., Menchetti M., Ruiz-González A., Milanesi P. (2019) Far from the madding crowd: Tolerance towards human disturbance shapes distribution and connectivity patterns of closely related Martes spp.

Population Ecology · 10.1002/1438-390X.12001

Di Febbraro M., Menchetti M., Russo D., Ancillotto L., Aloise G., Roscioni F., Preatoni D.G., Loy A., Martinoli A., Bertolino S., Mori E. (2019) Integrating climate and land‐use change scenarios in modelling the future spread of invasive squirrels in Italy.co-first

Diversity and Distributions · 10.1111/ddi.12890

Dapporto L., Cini A., Vodă R., Dincă V., Wiemers M., Menchetti M., Magini G., Talavera G., Shreeve T., Bonelli S., Casacci L.P., Balletto Em., Scalercio S., Vila R. (2019) Integrating three comprehensive data sets shows that mitochondrial DNA variation is linked to species traits and paleogeographic events in European butterflies.

Molecular Ecology Resources · 10.1111/1755-0998.13059

Mori E., Menchetti M., Camporesi A., Cavigioli L., Tabarelli de Fatis K., Girardello M. (2019) License to Kill? Domestic Cats Affect a Wide Range of Native Fauna in a Highly Biodiverse Mediterranean Country.co-first

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 7:477 · 10.3389/fevo.2019.00477

Mori E., Menchetti M. (2019) Living with roommates in a shared den: Spatial and temporal segregation among semifossorial mammals.senior

Behavioural Processes · 10.1016/j.beproc.2019.04.013

Mori E., Cardador L., Reino L., White R.L., Hernández-Brito D., Le Louarn M., Mentil L., Edelaar P., Pârâu L.G., Nikolov B.P., Menchetti M. (2019) Lovebirds in the air: trade patterns, establishment success and niche shifts of Agapornis parrots within their non-native range.senior

Biological Invasions · 10.1007/s10530-019-02100-y

Postigo J., Strubbe D., Mori E., Ancillotto L., Carneiro I., Latsoudis P., Menchetti M., Pârâu L.G., Parrott D., Reino L., Weiserbs A., Senar J.C. (2019) Mediterranean versus Atlantic monk parakeets Myiopsitta monachus: Towards differentiated management at the European scale.

Pest Management Science · 10.1002/ps.5320

Schifani E., Scupola A., Menchetti M., Bazzato E., Espadaler X. (2019) Morphology and phenology of sexuals and new distribution data on the blind Mediterranean ant Hypoponera abeillei (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).

Sociobiology · 10.13102/sociobiology.v68i4.7261

Menchetti M., Guéguen M., Talavera G. (2019) Spatio-temporal ecological niche modelling of multigenerational insect migrations.first

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences,, 286: 20191583 · 10.1098/rspb.2019.1583

Boscherini A., Mazza G., Menchetti M., Laurenzi A., Mori E. (2019) Time is running out! Rapid range expansion of the invasive northern raccoon in central Italy.

Mammalia · 10.1515/mammalia-2018-0151

Sforzi A., Angiolini C., Bacaro G., Baini M., Bartolommei P., Bastianini M., Benocci A., Biagini G., Bonari G., Bonini I., Bruni G., Cantini D., Chelazzi L., Chiarucci A., Cianferoni F., Dondini G., Dragonetti M., Fanciulli P.P., Fastelli P., Ferretti F., Gasperini S., Giovacchini P., Landi S., Letardi A., Maccherini S., Marcelli M., Martelli A., Martelli C., Menchetti M., Mori E., Nappini S., Perini C., Pezzo F., Porciani M., Radi G., Rizzo Pinna V., Vergari S., Vitillo C. (2019) BioBlitz 2013-2014 Oasi di San Felice.

Atti del Museo di Storia Naturale della Maremma, 11–44

Sforzi A., Bastianini M., Benocci A., Bonari G., Canovai R., Cantini D., Chelazzi L., Chiodini E., Cianferoni F., Colombini I., De Dominicis V., Fanciulli P.P., Fastelli P., Ferretti F., Forbicioni L., Lenzini L., Letardi A., Marcelli M., Martelli A., Martelli C., Menchetti M., Montioni F., Mori E., Nappini S., Perini C., Pezzo F., Porciani M., Radi G., Rizzo Pinna V., Selvi F., Spilinga C., Vitillo C. (2019) BioBlitz 2015 Torrente Trasubbie.

Atti del Museo di Storia Naturale della Maremma, 45–76

Mori E., Sala J.P., Fattorini N., Menchetti M., Montalvo T., Senar J.C. (2018) Ectoparasite sharing among native and invasive birds in a metropolitan area.

Parasitology Research · 10.1007/s00436-018-6174-2

Macià F.X., Menchetti M., Corbella C., J Grajera J., Vila R. (2018) Exploitation of the invasive Asian Hornet Vespa velutina by the European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus..

Bird Study · 10.1080/00063657.2019.1660304

Mori E., Milanesi P., Menchetti M., Zozzoli R., Monaco A., Capizzi D., Nerva L. (2018) Genetics reveals that free-ranging chipmunks introduced to Italy have multiple origins.

Hystrix, 29(2): 239-242 · 10.4404/hystrix-00116-2018

Mori M., Zozzoli R., Menchetti M. (2018) Global distribution and status of introduced Siberian chipmunks Eutamias sibiricus.senior

Mammal Review, 48: 139-152 · 10.1111/mam.12117

Zozzoli R., Menchetti M., Mori E. (2018) Spatial behaviour of an overlooked alien squirrel: the case of Siberian chipmunks Eutamias sibiricus.

Behavioural processes, 153: 107-111 · 10.1016/j.beproc.2018.05.014

Mori E., Menchetti M., Zozzoli R., Milanesi P. (2018) The importance of taxonomy in species distribution models at a global scale: the case of an overlooked alien squirrel facing taxonomic revision.

Journal of Zoology, 307(1) :43-52 · 10.1111/jzo.12616

Grandi G., Menchetti M., Mori E. (2018) Vertical segregation by breeding ring-necked parakeets Psittacula krameri in northern Italy.

Urban Ecosystems, 21(5): 1011–1017 · 10.1007/s11252-018-0779-1

Turbé A., Strubbe D., Mori E., Carrete M., Chiron F., Clergeau P., González-Moreno P., Le Louarn M., k, Luna A., Menchetti M., Nentwig W., Pârâu L.G., Postigo J.L., Rabitsch W., Senar J.C., Tollington S., Vanderhoeven S., Weiserbs A., Shwartz A. (2017) Assessing the assessments: evaluation of four impact assessment protocols for listing and 2 prioritising invasive alien species.

Diversity and Distributions, 23(3):231–341 · 10.1111/ddi.12528

Luna Á., Franz D., Hernández-Brito D., Malihi Y., Shwartz A., Strubbe D., Mori E., Menchetti M., Klaassen O., Parrott D., Braun M.P., Chmielewski F.M., Edelaar P. (2017) Reproductive timing as a constraint on invasion success in the Ring-necked parakeet (Psittacula krameri).

Biological Invasions, 19(8):2247–2259 · 10.1007/s10530-017-1436-y

Dapporto L., Cini A., Menchetti M., Vodă R., Bonelli S., Casacci L.P., Dincă V., Scalercio S., Hinojosa J.C., Biermann H., Forbicioni L., Mazzantini U., Venturi L., Zanichelli F., Balletto E., Shreeve T.G., Dennis R.L.H., Vila R. (2017) Rise and fall of island butterfly diversity: Understanding population diversification and extinction in a highly diverse Archipelago.co-first

Diversity and Distributions, 23(10):1098–1230 · 10.1111/ddi.12610

Mori E., Grandi G., Menchetti M., Tella J.L., Jackson H.A., Reino L., van Kleunen A., Figueira R., Ancillotto L. (2017) Worldwide distribution of non-native Amazon parrots and temporal trends of their global trade.

Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 4(1): 49-62 · 10.32800/abc.2017.40.0049

Mori E., Ancillotto L., Menchetti M., Strubbe D. (2017) “The early bird catches the nest”: possible competition between scops owls and ring-necked parakeets.

Animal Conservation, 20(5):463–470 · 10.1111/acv.12334

Mori E., Amerini R., Mazza G., Bertolino S., Battiston R., Sforzi A., Menchetti M. (2016) Alien shades of grey: new occurrences and relevant spread of Sciurus carolinensis in Italy.senior

European Journal of Ecology, 2(1): 13-20 · 10.1515/eje-2016-0002

Mori E., Mazzetto F., Menchetti M., Bodino N., Grasso E., Sposimo P. (2016) Feeding ecology of the scops owl Otus scops in the island of Pianosa (Tuscan Archipelago, Central Italy).

Italian Jurnal of Zoology, 83(3):417-422 · 10.1080/11250003.2016.1212937

Menchetti M., Mori E., Ceccolini F., Paggetti E., Pizzocaro L., Cianferoni F. (2016) New occurrences of the alien invasive species Harmonia axyridis (Pallas, 1773) in Southern Italy (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae).first

Onychium, 12: 137-139

Torrini G., Mazza G., Strangi A., Barabaschi D., Landi S., Mori E., Menchetti M., Sposimo P., Giuliani C., Zoccola A., Roversi P.F. (2016) Oscheius tipulae in Italy: evidence of an alien isolate in the Integral Natural Reserve of Montecristo Island (Tuscany).

Journal of Nematology, 48(1):8-13 · 10.21307/jofnem-2017-003

Pârâu L.G., Strubbe D., Mori E., Menchetti M., Ancillotto L., van Kleunen A., White R.L., Luna Á., Hernández-Brito D., Le Louarn M., Clergeau P., Albayrak T., Franz D., Braun M.P., Schroeder J., Wink M. (2016) Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri populations and numbers in Europe: a complete overview.

The Open Ornithology Journal, 9:1-13

Mazza G., Menchetti M., Sluys R., Solà E., Riutort M., Tricarico E., Justine J.L., Cavigioli L., Mori E. (2016) The silent invasion: first report of the land planarian Diversibipalium multilineatum (Makino & Shirasawa, 1983) (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Continenticola) outside its native range.co-first

Zootaxa, 4067(5):577-580 · 10.11646/zootaxa.4067.5.4

Mori E., Menchetti M., Lucherini M., Sforzi A., Lovari S. (2016) Timing of reproduction and paternal cares in the crested porcupine.

Mammalian Biology, 81(4): 345-349 · 10.1016/j.mambio.2016.03.004

Mori E., Menchetti M., Cantini M., Bruni G., Santini G., Bertolino S. (2016) Twenty years monitoring of a population of Italian crested newts Triturus carnifex: strong site fidelity and shifting population structure in response to restoration.

Ethology Ecology & Evolution, 29(5):460-473 · 10.1080/03949370.2016.1236040

Ancillotto L., Strubbe D., Menchetti M., Mori E. (2015) An overlooked invader? Ecological niche, invasion success and dynamics of the Alexandrine parakeet in the invaded range.

Biological Invasions, 18(2):583-595 · 10.1007/s10530-015-1032-y

Mori E., Sforzi A., Menchetti M., Mazza G., Lovari S., Pisanu B. (2015) Ectoparasite load in the crested porcupine Hystrix cristata in Central Italy.

Parasitology Research, 114(6):2223-2229 · 10.1007/s00436-015-4413-3

Mori E., Ancillotto L., Groombridge J., Howard T., Smith V. S., Menchetti M. (2015) Macroparasites of introduced parakeets in Italy: a possible role for parasite-mediated competition.senior

Parasitology Research, 114(9):3277–3281 · 10.1007/s00436-015-4548-2

Menchetti M., Ancillotto L., Russo D., Bertolino S., Bettacchioli G., Mori E. (2015) New records of the alien invasive species Harmonia axyridis (Pallas, 1773) in Italy (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae).first

Onychium, 11: 139-142

Mori E., Menchetti M., Bertolino S., Mazza G., Ancillotto L. (2015) Reappraisal of an old cheap method for marking the European hedgehog.co-first

Mammal Research, 60(2): 89-193 · 10.1007/s13364-014-0210-0

Mori E., Mazza G., Menchetti M., Bertolino S., Panzeri M., Gager Y., Di Febbraro M. (2015) The masked invader strikes again: the conquest of Italy by the Northern raccoon.

Hystrix, 26(1):47-51 · 10.4404/hystrix-26.1-11035

Mori E., Menchetti M., Mazza G., Scalisi M. (2014) A new area of occurrence of an endemic Italian hare inferred by camera trapping.

Bollettino del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino, 30(1-2): 123-130

Mori E., Menchetti M., Ferretti F. (2014) A silent wintering: do seasons and environmental features influence the calling behaviour of Eurasian Scops Owls?.

Bird Study, 61(2): 277-281 · 10.1080/00063657.2014.897303

Mori E., Menchetti M., Dartora F. (2014) Evidence of carrion consumption behaviour in the long-eared owl Asio otus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Aves: Strigiformes: Strigidae).

Italian Journal of Zoology, 81(3): 471-475 · 10.1080/11250003.2014.920928

Bruni G., Menchetti M., Ricciardi G., Vannini A., Mori E. (2014) Feeding the chicks of the others: an unexpected case of heterospecific altruistic behaviour in a non-breeding migrant tern (Charadriformes, Sternidae).

Ornis Hungarica, 22(1): 76-80 · 10.2478/orhu-2014-0013

Menchetti M., Scalera R., Mori E. (2014) First record of a possibly overlooked impact by alien parrots on a bat (Nyctalus leisleri).first

Hystrix, 25(1): 61-62 · 10.4404/hystrix-25.1-9989

Ancillotto L., Mazza G., Menchetti M., Mori E. (2014) Host specificity of the badger's flea (Paraceras melis) and first detection on a bat host.

Parasitology Research, 113(10): 3909-3912 · 10.1007/s00436-014-4136-x

Mori E., Menchetti M., Balestrieri A. (2014) Interspecific den sharing: a study on European badger setts using camera traps.

Acta Ethologica, 18(2):121-126 · 10.1007/s10211-014-0197-1

Panzeri M., Mori E., Mazza G., Menchetti M. (2014) Records of introduced stripe-necked terrapins (Mauremys species) in Italy.senior

Acta Herpetologica, 9(2): 227-230 · 10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-14480

Mori E., Menchetti M., Dondini G., Biosa D., Vergari S. (2014) Theriofauna of Site of Community Importance Poggi di Prata (Grosseto, Central Italy): terrestrial mammals and preliminary data on Chiroptera.co-first

Check List, 10(4): 718-723 · 10.15560/10.4.718

Panzeri M., Menchetti M., Mori E. (2014) Variation in habitat use and diet of resident Eurasian scops-owls.

Ardeola, 61(2): 393-399 · 10.13157/arla.61.2.2014.393

Menchetti M., Mori E. (2014) Worldwide impact of feral parrots (Aves, Psittaciformes) on native biodiversity and environment: a review.first

Ethology Ecology & Evolution, 26(2-3): 172-194 · 10.1080/03949370.2014.905981

Mori E., Menchetti M. (2014) “Sometimes they come back”: citizen science reveals the presence of the Italian red squirrel in Campania.senior

Quaderni del Museo di Storia Naturale di Ferrara, 2: 91-94

Cantini M., Menchetti M., Vannini A., Bruni G., Borri B., Mori E. (2013) Checklist of Amphibians and Reptiles in a hilly area of Southern Tuscany (Central Italy): an update.

Herpetology Notes, 6:223-228

Bruni G., Boggiano F., Menchetti M., Mori E. (2013) First reports of egg predation by an unpaired Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra) on Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus): two cases from Central Italy.

Italian Journal of Zoology, 80: 313-316 · 10.1080/11250003.2013.783631

Mori E., Ancillotto L., Menchetti M., Romeo C., Ferrari N. (2013) Italian red squirrels and introduced parakeets: victims or perpetrators?.

Hystrix, 24(2): 195-196 · 10.4404/hystrix-24.2-8689

Vannini A., Menchetti M., Mori E. (2013) L’avifauna del SIC “Poggi di Prata” (Grosseto, Italia centrale): analisi faunistica e quantitativa.

Alula, 01/2014; XX(1-2): 101-113

Mori E., Bruni G., Domeneghetti D., Menchetti M. (2013) Pelophylax synklepton hispanicus (Bonaparte, 1839) on the branches of a tree: description of an unusual behaviour.senior

Herpetology Notes, 6: 515-517

Mori E., Menchetti M., Bruni G., Vannini A., Borri B. (2013) Segnalazione 247. In: Peruzzi L., Viciani D., Bedini G. (eds.), Contributi per una flora vascolare di Toscana. V (247-319).

Atti Soc. Tosc. Sci. Nat., Mem., ser. B, 120: 35-44

Mori E., Maggini I., Menchetti M. (2013) When quills kill: The defence strategy of the crested porcupine Hystrix cristata L., 1758.senior

Mammalia, 78(2): 229-234 · 10.1515/mammalia-2013-0126