Short communication, Note
https://doi.org/10.20302/NC.2022.31.12
First record of Derelomus piriformis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), an alien species associated with palm trees, in Greece
George Kakiopoulos
; Ilidos 60-62 street, 11527 Athens (Ampelokipi), Greece
Savvas Zafeiriou
; Department of Biotechnology, Agricultural University of Athens, 11855 Athens, Greece
Jakovos Demetriou
orcid.org/0000-0001-5273-7109
; Joint Services Health Unit Cyprus, BFC RAF Akrotiri BFPO 57, Akrotiri, Cyprus
Abstract
The tribe Derelomini Lacordaire, 1865 includes 13 species in the Palearctic region, including Derelomus piriformis (Hoffmann, 1938), a species introduced to Southern Europe through the horticultural pathway alongside its host plant Phoenix canariensis H. Wildpret. Most records of the species correspond to Western European countries and Israel at the eastern borders of the Mediterranean. In this publication, the alien D. piriformis is recorded as present in Greece for the first time, constituting the only known representative of the genus Derelomus in the country. Three specimens were collected from the Greek mainland, the Cyclades and the North-Eastern Aegean, extending our knowledge regarding the distribution of this alien species and raising the number of alien Curculionoidea in Greece to 11. Although the species is speculated to have minor socioeconomic impacts, further research is due in order to guard against any potential negative environmental impacts on the native palm tree Phoenix theophrasti Greuter.
Keywords
alien species; biological invasions; Derelomini; Derelomus piriformis; Greece; Phoenix
Hrčak ID:
280936
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Publication date:
31.7.2022.
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