2006 303 p., numerous figures and maps (some coloured), rear pocket with CD-ROM, 4to, hardbound. Library stamps.With the completion of this Checklist, Italy was the first European country to produce a complete list of the species of its fauna, counting 55,656 species and resulting a territory extremely rich in biodiversity. It dealsalso with the chorotypes of the Italian fauna; its endemisms; the richness of species and rarity; the Italian faunal provinces; the chronogeonemic analysis; the alien species of Italy; the base for a first Red List of species; the strategies for the conservation of fauna.