Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.20302/NC.2024.33.11
Tempyra biguttula (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae), a new alien species in the fauna of Croatia
Petr Kment
; Department of Entomology, National Museum of the Czech Republic, Cirkusová 1740, CZ-193 00 Praha – Horní Počernice, Czech Republic
Abstract
Tempyra biguttula Stål, 1874 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea: Rhyparochromidae: Rhyparochrominae: Udeocorini) is a minute seed bug species native in the USA, Mexico and Caribbean. The first record of this alien species in Croatia is provided here based on a single specimen attracted to light in the Pelješac Peninsula (southern Dalmatia) in 2023. This finding is in accordance with the current spread of the species in the Mediterranean area from west to east. A review of the available data concerning the biology and distribution of the species is provided. The identification of T. biguttula within Euro-Mediterranean fauna is addressed and its distribution in that area is mapped. The unusual teratological case of the bilateral asymmetrical oligomery of the antennae of the examined specimen is described.
Keywords
Hemiptera; Heteroptera; Rhyparochromidae; antenna; invasion; new record; oligomery; teratology; Croatia; Palaearctic Region
Hrčak ID:
319831
URI
Publication date:
31.7.2024.
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