Dr. Adrian Ruicănescu

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Dr. Adrian Ruicănescu

Senior Researcher III
INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH – ICB Cluj-Napoca

Entomologist, specialist in the study of the order Coleoptera (Insecta), especially family Buprestidae. Also specialist in invertebrate studies in environment management projects and management of the alien invasive species.

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adrian.ruicanescu@icbcluj.ro

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I am a specialist in the order Coleoptera, focusing on faunistic, ecological, and bionomical studies, including: 
  • Relationships between Buprestidae species with the host plants.
 
  • Ecological study of a population of a species (Capnodis cariosa)(Coleoptera: Buprestidae) installed in a new region in Romania.
 
  • Geographical speciation research in Coleoptera.
 
  • Studies of alien species in Romania.
    • 2020-2021: POIM/SMIS 120008: Managementul adecvat al speciilor invazive din România, în conformitate cu Regulamentul UE 1143/2014 referitor la prevenirea și gestionarea introducerii și răspândirii speciilor alogene invasive / The adequate management of invasive species in Romania according to EU Regulation 1143/2014 on the prevention and management of the introduction and spread of invasive alien species
     
    • Core Program 2023–2026 BioClimpact with the chapter: Expansion of populations of some species of circum-Mediterranean origin and their establishment in new areas in Romania. Case study: Capnodis cariosa, Coleoptera: Buprestidae.
     
    • 2013-2015: POSM/SMIS-CNSR 43207: Elaborarea Planului de Management al sitului Natura 2000 ROSCI0322 Muntele Şes / Making of the management plan for the Natura 2000 site ROSCI0322 Muntele Şes.
    • Nitzu, E., Ruicănescu, A., Stan, M., Arinton, M., Chimișliu, C., Dascălu, M.-M., Pintilioaie, A., Maican, S., Ilie, A. 2021. Coleoptera, (pp. 196-295), in: Murariu, D., Maican, S. (Eds.). Cartea Roşie a nevertebratelor din România / The Red Book of the invertebrates from Romania. Editura Academiei Române, București, ISBN 978-973-27-3357-8
     
    • Ruicănescu A. The Jewel Beetles of Romania (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Pensoft Series Faunistica Nr. 108., 203 pp., ISBN 978-954-642-692-5.
     
    • Zamoroka, A. M., Ruicănescu, A., & Manci, C.-O. (2024). East and West of the Carpathian Arc: Evidence of postglacial ecological and morphological divergence of Phytoecia tigrina metapopulations (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). Biosystems Diversity, 32(1), 12–29. doi:10.15421/012402
     
    • Ruicănescu, A., Dumbravă, A.-R., Drăghici, A.-C. (2022) Capnodis cariosa (Pallas, 1776) found in a new Romanian location at the northern limit of its distribution range (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Fragmenta entomologica, 54 (1): 155–158. DOI: 10.13133/2284-4880/442
     
    • Ruicănescu, A., Biró, Z., Gergely, K., Ferencz, P.-A., Mezei-Szép, E., Pál, M., Keresztes, L., 2022. Critical revision of the presence of Dicerca furcata (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) in Romania. Entomologica romanica 26: 77-80. doi: 10.24193/entomolrom.26.2.
     
    • Zachi, M., Ruicănescu A. Vespa orientalis, a new alien species in Romania. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 64(1): 67-72. https:doi.org/10.3897/travaux.64.e61954
     
    • Ruicănescu A. & Amalia-Raluca Dumbravă. 2020. First record of Kisanthobia ariasi (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) in Romania. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, “Grigore Antipa” 63 (2): 189-194. https://doi.org/10.3897/travaux.63.e56704
     
    • Ruicănescu A, Stoica A-I 2019. The distribution and behaviour studies on a new invasive Buprestid species, Lamprodila festiva (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) in Romania. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 62(1): 43–56. https://doi.org/10.3897/travaux.62.e38488

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