New additions and further records of non-native Coleoptera in Romania
Author
Drăghici, Andreea-Cătălina
“ Grigore Antipa ” National Museum of Natural History, Kiseleff Road no. 1, 011341 Bucharest, Romania & University of Bucharest, Faculty of Biology, Splaiul Independenței 91 - 95, Bucharest, R- 050095, Romania
Author
Pintilioaie, Alexandru-Mihai
Laboratory of Interdisciplinary Research on the Marine Environment and Marine Terrestrial Atmosphere, Al. I. Cuza University of Iasi, Prof. Dr. Ioan Borcea Marine Biological Station, Nicolae Titulescu str. no. 163, Agigea, Constanţa, Romania & Doctoral School of Biology, Faculty of Biology, “ Alexandru Ioan Cuza ” University of IaȘi, Carol I Avenue, 20 A, 700505 IaȘi, Romania
Author
Murariu, Dumitru
Romanian Academy, Calea Victoriei no. 125, 010071 Bucharest, Romania
Author
Manci, Cosmin-Ovidiu
0000-0003-0267-2460
cosminom@gmail.com
Author
Ruzzier, Enrico
Department of Science, Roma Tre University, Viale G. Marconi 446, 00146 Rome, Italy
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Zootaxa
2025
2025-01-24
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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5575.3.4
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5575.3.4
1175-5326
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Stelidota geminata
(Say, 1825)
Materials examined.
Bacău County
:
ComăneȘti
(near),
46.4266°N
/
26.4427°E
,
1.IX.2020
,
Alexandru-Mihai Pintilioaie
leg. (
1 specimen
),
AMPC
.
Remarks.
Originating from North
America
, the species is now present in
Austria
,
Belgium
,
Bulgaria
,
Czech Republic
,
France
,
Germany
,
Hungary
,
Italy
,
Portugal
, Russian Caucasus,
Serbia
,
Slovakia
,
Slovenia
,
Spain
,
Switzerland
, and
Turkey
(
Jelínek & Audisio 2007
;
Guéorguiev 2018
;
Vávra
et al
. 2012
;
Köhler 2009
;
Merkl
et al.
2009
;
Tsinkevich & Solodovnikov 2014
;
Jelínek 2014
;
Spasić
et al
. 2011
). It was also introduced in the Oriental Region and the Near East (
Köhler 2009
). The adults feed mostly on overripe fruits, although it has been observed as a concurrent source of damage to cultivated strawberries (
Pansa
et al
. 2014
;
Ruzzier
et al
. 2023b
). It was recorded only recently in
Romania
(2018) on overripe pears (
Stan 2019
).