Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.17971/ec.21.1.2

Hierodula tenuidentata Saussure, 1869 (Mantodea: Mantidae) has settled down in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Dejan Kulijer orcid.org/0000-0003-0274-6335 ; National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Adla Kahrić ; Center for marine and freshwater biology Sharklab ADRIA, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Damjan Vinko ; Slovene dragonfly Society, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Abstract

In this paper the first record of the alien mantis species Hierodula tenuidentata for Bosnia and Herzegovina is provided. This large mantis has considerably expanded its distribution range in Europe in the last years, particularly in Balkan Peninsula. We found several adult specimens on 22nd and 23rd of August 2021 in urban area of Mostar city in the south of the country. This finding confirms the species’ establishment in the western part of Balkan Peninsula and fills the distribution gap along the eastern Adriatic Sea coast.

Keywords

alien species; distribution; Balkan Peninsula; expansion; first record; invasive species

Hrčak ID:

283643

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/283643

Publication date:

30.6.2022.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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