Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief

Mario Colombo, University of Milan, Italy.
E-mail: mario.colombo@unimi.it | ORCID

Section editors

Entomology
Pietro Brandmayr, University of Calabria, Cosenza, Italy.
E-mail: brandmayr@unical.it | ORCID
Emeritus Professor of Zoology after November 2019. In 1987, Prof. Brandmayr became a full professor of Zoology at the University of Calabria, Department of Ecology, Zoology Section, Calabria. Now, he is active in the Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Science (DiBEST). His main teaching activities included biological sciences, zoology, and ecology. Among his academic charges, there are President of the Campus (residences) of the University of Calabria since 1997; President of the ANDISU, Ass. nazionale degli Enti per il Diritto allo studio (Italian Student Assistance and Welfare Association) from 2004 to 2008. He has been a member of 10 national or international scientific societies, especially in the fields of zoology, entomology, and ecology, e.g., Royal Entomological Society of London; Unione Zoologica Italiana; Società Italiana di Entomologia; Società Italiana di Ecologia (from 1979); Società Italiana di Etologia and others. He was the coordinator of activities of the Unione Zoologica Italiana for faunal protection as president of the “Fauna Commission” 1994-2002 and the coordinator of the Natura 2000 Italian Network for the Ministry for Environment and Territory in the years 1994-1999 (Project "Bioitaly" for Natura 2000 net and pSCI mapping). From 2017 to 2021, he was the President of the Unione Zoologica Italiana. His main research fields are “zoocoenoses” and biomes of the Mediterranean area studied using carabid beetles as environmental indicators, fauna and environmental impact, management of fauna in protected areas, systematics of larval and adult Carabid beetles, and their use as indicators of anthropogenic changes in the environment, predatory, antipredatory and presocial behavior of Carabid Beetles, bionomy (life traits), developmental biology and immunology of Carabid beetles. Recently, his research has focused on global change consequences on community structures and biodiversity patterns of ground beetles in alpine and Mediterranean environments. He was the coordinator of the CHECKmap Project for the electronic database of Italian species of vertebrate and invertebrate fauna financed by the Ministry for Environment in the years 1997-2003. He has been involved in several studies and projects on E.I.A. procedures in Calabria and Friuli-Venezia Giulia, especially about faunal biodiversity mapping. He is the author of about 300 scientific papers.

Stored product pests
Pasquale Trematerra, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy.
E-mail: trema@unimol.it | ORCID
Professor Emeritus. Prof. Trematerra graduated in Agricultural Sciences at the University of Milan (Italy). He was an associate professor at the University of Tuscia (Viterbo, Italy) and at the University of Molise (Campobasso, Italy). From 2001, Prof. Trematerra was a full professor in General and Applied Entomology at the University of Molise. He has held numerous institutional roles as rector delegate, member of the university board of directors, coordinator of PhD courses, and Doctoral School in Plant Production and Protection. He serves as an expert in national and international institutions. He is an editorial board member of the Bulletin of Entomological Research, Crop Protection, Frontiers in Chemical Ecology, Journal of Applied Entomology, Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research, Journal of Stored Products Research, Insects, Plants, and Scientific Reports. He serves as a reviewer for many other reputed international journals. His research interests include the biology and ecology of insect pests, the application of new methods in integrated pest management, stored product protection, and the systematics of Lepidoptera Tortricidae. He has numerous collaborations and is currently involved in national and international research projects. He published 7 books and more than 500 works, many in reputed international journals.

Insect Ecology
Daniela Lupi, Department of Food, Nutrition and Environmental Sciences, University of Milan, Italy.
E-mail: daniela.lupi@unimi.it | ORCID
Daniela Lupi is an associate professor of Applied Entomology at the Department of Sciences for Food, Nutrition and the Environment, University of Milan (Italy). She obtained her PhD at the Alma Mater Studiorum of Bologna (Italy) on the biology of an insect useful in biological control. Subsequently, she was a research fellow at the University of Milan, where she continued her research activities. Since 2005, she has been a researcher at the same university, also being awarded the title of aggregate professor at the same university. In 2019, she became an associate professor. She has an extensive academic background with teaching experience in applied entomology, plant protection, and biotechnology. She is involved in supervising doctoral research and serving as a member of multiple Ph.D. committees. Her research activities mainly focus on the biological control of agricultural pests, integrated pest management, and insect biodiversity and are also oriented on insect behavior, ecology, and pest management, as well as the study of the biology and application of several interesting potential control agents for the control of invasive alien species. Other key research topics are related to the effect of various anthropogenic factors (including plant protection products) on beneficial insects and, in particular, honey and wild bees. Since 2019, she has been the section editor in ‘Insect Ecology’ of the Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research and, since 2022, the subject editor in ‘Pollinator Ecology and Management’ of the journal Environmental Entomology. Daniela Lupi has been actively involved in the IOBC-WPRS working group ‘Landscape management for functional biodiversity’ after joining the first meeting in Bologna (Italy) in 2003. Recently, she was the local organizer of the 9th meeting of the group in Milan (Italy), 7-10 June 2022, and was appointed vice-chair of the group on that occasion.

Acarology
Enrico De Lillo, "Aldo Moro" University of Bari, Italy.
E-mail: enrico.delillo@uniba.it | ORCID
Prof. Enrico de Lillo graduated in Agricultural Sciences in 1985 at the University of Bari (Italy) and obtained his PhD in Agricultural Entomology at the University Federico II in Naples (Italy) in 1988. Since 1990, he has been working as an assistant professor (currently full professor) in General and Applied Entomology at the former Faculty of Agriculture (currently Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences), University of Bari Aldo Moro. His education and research mainly focus on general and applied acarology and entomology, with particular specialization in Eriophyoid Mites. He published more than 100 articles in IF-impacted journals. He is a member of the International Committee of Acarology (2018-2026). He has been the coordinator of the TEMPUS-IV project “International Joint Master Degree in Plant Medicine (IPM)”. He has been the coordinator of some research projects funded by the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Research and University, Ministry of Agriculture, and the University of Bari, and scientifically responsible for agreements between the University of Bari and public and private institutions. He has been the scientific secretary of the IV (Siena, 2000) and organizer of the IX Symposium (Bari, 2020) of the Association of the European Acarologists (Eur.A.AC.), and coordinator of the PhD Course in “Biodiversity, Agriculture and Environment” at the University of Bari (2021-2024). He is currently a member of the editorial board for the journals Acarologia, Entomologica, Insects, Persian Journal of Acarology, and Redia; associate editor for the International Journal of Acarology; and subject editor for the Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research.

Editorial Board

Luciano Süss, University of Milan, Italy.
E-mail: luciano.suss@unimi.it
Giuseppe Carlo Lozzia, University of Milan, Italy.
E-mail: giuseppe.lozzia@unimi.it | ORCID
Salvatore Bella, Council for Agricultural Research and Analysis of Agricultural Economics (CREA), Italy.
E-mail: salvatore.bella@crea.gov.it | ORCID
Chiara Ferracini, University of Turin, Italy.
E-mail: chiara.ferracini@unito.it | ORCID
Salvatore Guarino, National Research Council, Palermo, Italy.
E-mail: salvatore.guarino@cnr.it | ORCID
Costanza Jucker, Department of Food, Nutrition and Environmental Sciences, University of Milan, Italy.
E-mail: costanza.jucker@unimi.it | ORCID
Leonardo Latella, City Museum of Natural History, Verona, Italy.
E-mail: leonardo.latella@comune.verona.it | ORCID
Ilaria Laterza, "Aldo Moro" University of Bari, Italy.
E-mail: ilaria.laterza@uniba.it | ORCID
Lidia Limonta, University of Milan, Italy.
E-mail: lidia.limonta@unimi.it | ORCID
Daria Patrizia Locatelli, University of Milan, Italy.
E-mail: daria.locatelli@unimi.it | ORCID
Stefano Maini, University of Bologna, Italy.
E-mail: stefano.maini@unibo.it | ORCID
Serena Malabusini, Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences, University of Milan, Italy.
E-mail: serena.malabusini@unimi.it | ORCID
Emanuele Mazzoni, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, Italy.
E-mail: emanuele.mazzoni@unicatt.it | ORCID
Rinaldo Nicoli Aldini, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, Italy.
E-mail: rinaldo.nicoli@unicatt.it | ORCID
Narcís Prat, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Spain.
E-mail: nprat@ub.edu | ORCID
Carmelo Rapisarda, University of Catania, Italy.
E-mail: rapicar@unict.it | ORCID
Ivo Rigamonti, University of Milan, Italy.
E-mail: ivo.rigamonti@unimi.it | ORCID
Sara Savoldelli, University of Milan, Italy.
E-mail: sara.savoldelli@unimi.it | ORCID
Stefano Scalercio, Research Unit for Forestry in the Mediterranean Environment, Council for Agricultural Research and Analysis of Agricultural Economics, Rende (CS), Italy.
E-mail: stefano.scalercio@entecra.it | ORCID
Manuele Tamò, International Institute for Tropical Agriculture, Biological Control Center for Africa, Cotonou, Republic of Benin.
E-mail: m.tamo@cgiar.org | ORCID
Denis Thiéry, INRA-UMR Santé et Agroécologie du Vignoble, Villenave d'Ornon, France.
E-mail: thiery@bordeaux.inra.fr | ORCID
Arash Zibaee, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran.
E-mail: arash.zibaee@gmx.com | ORCID