Preliminary communication
https://doi.org/10.31298/sl.141.11-12.5
Leptoglossus occidentalis HEIDEMANN, 1910 (Heteroptera: Coreidae) in Bosnia and Herzegovina – current distribution and the earliest documented records
Dejan Kulijer
orcid.org/0000-0003-0274-6335
; National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo
Mirza Dautbašić
; Faculty of Forestry, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Boris Hrašovec
; Šumarski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
Adi Vesnić
; Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Šemso Šarić
; Public Forest Enerprise of Zenica – Doboj Canton, Zavidovići, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Osman Mujezinović
; Faculty of Forestry, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Abstract
Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann, 1910 is an invasive bug species native to the western part of North America and one of 16 alien Heteroptera species in Europe. After it was first found in Italy in 1999, the species spread fast across the continent, including the Balkan Peninsula. Our study confirms the species presence in Bosnia and Herzegovina and gives data on its distribution, including the earliest records for the country. Up untill now the species is found at nine different locations in the period from 2008 to 2016. The record from early spring 2008 suggests that the species was already present in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2007 or even earlier. Most records pertain to overwintering adults. For the first time the species is reported from Bosnian pine (Pinus heldreichii H. Christ). The species is also reported from Klek village in Dubrovnik region, south Croatia.
Keywords
alien species; Balkan Peninsula; conifers; Hemiptera; insect; invasive species; Pinus heldreichii; true bugs; western conifer seed bug
Hrčak ID:
190221
URI
Publication date:
31.12.2017.
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