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First report of Zelus renardii (Kolenati, 1856) in Sardinia (Hemiptera, Reduviidae).
Abstract. Zelus renardii (Kolenati, 1856), intercepted in Italy in 2013 from Rome and later found also in Puglia, is for the first time reported in Sardinia. It is a species native to Central America, the Southern and South Western areas of the United States which,...
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... a su carácter genérico como depredador, de acuerdo con los autores anteriormente citados (Cisneros y Rosenheim 1997;Pinzari et al., 2018) creemos que debe desaconsejarse absolutamente un uso masivo de Zelus renardii en el control biológico de parásitos. Il rinvenimento dell'esemplare sardo, proveniente dall'area urbana di Quartu Sant'Elena ( Fig. 2), conferma ulteriormente l'ipotesi che la dispersione della specie sia favorita dalle attività umane. Infatti anche la maggior parte dei reperti italiani proviene da aree fortemente antropizzate sia dal punto di vista agricolo che urbano (Pinzari et al., ...
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... descubrimiento del espécimen sardo, procedente del casco urbano de Quartu Sant'Elena (Fig. 2), confirma aún más la hipótesis de que la dispersión de la especie se ve favorecida por la actividad humana. De hecho, la mayoría de los hallazgos italianos también provienen de áreas altamente antropizadas tanto desde el punto de vista agrícola como urbano (Pinzari et al., ...
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... In Italy, this alien species was recorded in 2013 for Lazio , in 2014 for Apulia (Cornara et al. 2016, Pinzari et al. 2018, Lahbib et al. 2022, in 2018 for Basilicata (Battaglia & Mele 2020), in 2020 for Liguria, Campania, Sicily (Bella 2020) and Sardinia (Rattu & Dioli 2020), in 2021 for Emilia-Romagna (Luthi 2021), and in 2022 for Tuscany, including the island of Pianosa (van der Heyden & Nava 2022; Cianferoni 2023). Further data, also for other Italian regions (e.g., in Northern and Southern Italy), are available on the platform "iNaturalist" (www.inaturalist.org), in part accessible also through GBIF (iNaturalist contributors, iNaturalist, 2022), and the naturalistic forum "Natura Mediterraneo" (www.naturamediterraneo.com). ...
... In Sardinia, the species was recorded for the first time by Rattu & Dioli (2020) based on a single specimen collected on 27 July 2020 in Quartu Sant'Elena (Cagliari), in the South of the island. After that date, new observations from Cagliari and its surroundings were uploaded to iNaturalist, from 2020 to 2022, both in summer and autumn. ...
... A more detailed synopsis is currently in preparation (Cianferoni et al., in prep.). (Fig. 1): Zelus renardii is known from some observations from Cagliari and its surroundings in the southern part of the island (see Rattu & Dioli 2020 and iNaturalist) and from Sassari (see the new records above), in northern Sardinia. ...
The distribution of the two alien species, Zelus renardii Kolenati, 1857 and Nagusta goedelii (Kolenati, 1857) in Sardinia is summarized and commented, with the addition of some new records, including the first populations of Z. renardii in the northern and central-west of the island (Sassari and Oristano) and the first finding of N. goedelii in central-east Sardinia (Nuoro). Further considerations on the possible pathways of the two taxa are made, and the current distribution of the two species in Italy is also discussed.
... This assassin bug is native in North and Central America and introduced into Hawaii, Midway Atoll, Philippines, Samoa (Weirauch et al., 2012) and Chile (Faúndez, 2015). It has recently arrived, probably by passive transport, also in Europe and the Middle East, in particular, in Albania, Crete, European Turkey, France, Greece, Italy, Sardinia, Portugal, Spain, Asian Turkey and Israel (Davranoglou, 2011;Petrakis & Moulet, 2011;Vivas, 2012;Dioli, 2013;Aukema et al., 2013;Çerçi & Koçak, 2016;van der Heyden, 2015van der Heyden, , 2017van der Heyden, , 2018Pinzari et al., 2018;Garrouste, 2019;Dursun & Fent, 2020;Kıyak, 2020;van der Heyden & Grosso-Silva, 2020;Rattu & Dioli, 2020). ...
The present study was carried out in Diyarbakır (Kayapınar district) province in Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey in 2020. Reduviidae adults and larvae Tenthredinidae family was collected on Rose spp in Diyarbakır province of Turkey in November and brought to the laboratory for rearing. The larvae were reared at the temperature of 26±1°C, relative humidity of 65±5, and illumination of 3500 lux for 16 hours per day. As a result of this study, Allantus (s.str.) viennensis belonging to Tenthredinidae family and Zelus (Diplodacus) renardii belonging to Reduviidae family were obtained. It was determined for the first time that Z. renardii, a polyphagous predator, fed on A. viennensis. In addition, Z. renardii is the first record for Diyarbakır insect fauna.
The presence of Zelus renardii (Kolenati, 1856) (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Harpactorinae), is documented for the first time in northern Italy (Liguria region) and in Sicily. This invasive species of nearctic origin was recorded for the first time in Europe in 2010 and in Italy in 2013. It is in rapid expansion in different areas of the world, especially in the Mediterranean basin and since it is extremely polyphagous its presence could represent a new threat for indigenous species and human activities.
