Coleoptera families other than Cerambycidae, Curculionidae sensu lato, Chrysomelidae sensu lato and Coccinelidae. Chapter 8.5

Abstract

Here we consider 274 alien Coleoptera species belonging to 41 of the 137 beetle families in Europe (Cerambycidae, Curculionidae sensu lato, Chrysomelidae sensu lato and Coccinelidae are treated separately elsewhere). Among the families we consider as having invaded the European fauna, Acanthocnemidae and Ptilodactylidae represent new arrivals. Many species-rich families have surprisingly few aliens, whereas some relatively minor families such as Dermestidae, Nitidulidae and Anobiidae have a relatively high representation of alien species. Since the start of the 19th century, the number of coleopteran aliens introduced into Europe has continued to increase. Alien species colonizing Europe derive from a wide range of geographic regions as well as ecozones, but the most important source area is Asia. Th e countries with the largest number of alien species established are France, Germany and Italy. Th e majority have been introduced accidentally via international transport mechanisms. Th e most important route for importation is stored products and crops, followed by transport of wood, then horticultural and ornamental plants. Most alien species in these families are found within anthropogenic habitats in Europe. Th e introduction of invasive alien beetles in these families has had signifi cant economic impacts, particularly as pests of stored foodstuff s, as well as serious ecological impacts. For example, the buprestid species Agrilus planipennis, recently recorded in Russia, is an important potential economic threat which may also impact the biodiversity associated with ash trees.

Maize-Dwelling insects omnivory in Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) egg masses

“…Studies of the biology (Norris Jr. 1957), behavior and rearing (Dobrovsky 1954), distribution and abundance (Stone 1975;Willis et al 2010) of North American species report exclusively herbivory of larvae and adults of these beetles. Denux and Zagatti (2010) reviewed exotic species in Europe and Conoderus posticus (Eschscholtz, 1822) was pointed out as a phytophagous invasive species in Portugal and Azores. All these studies showed that the adults of Elateridae have similar feeding habits.…”

Inventory of terrestrial alien arthropod predators and parasites established in Europe

“…1b, 259 species constituting 63.3%, data from followed by Coleoptera (Fig. 1b, 62 species constituting 15.2%, data from Denux and Zagatti 2010;Roy and Migeon 2010). The six additional insect orders comprise less than 35 alien species each (Fig.…”

“…Arthropods Data from Denux and Zagatti (2010), Kenis and Roques (2010), Rabitsch (2010b), , Reynaud (2010), Roy and Migeon (2010), Skuhravá et al (2010) are rarely domesticated but insects used for biological control in contained environments, such as glasshouses and open fields are an important source of alien introductions into Europe. The harlequin ladybird, H. axyridis, was introduced into glasshouses as a biological control agent of aphids but subsequently escaped into the wider countryside and spread dramatically across Europe Roy et al 2006;Roy and Wajnberg 2008;De Clercq and Bale 2011;Evans et al 2011a).…”

Trogoderma variabile Ballion, 1878: a possible new pest of Italian entomological collections (Coleoptera: Dermestidae)

“…In Europe, it was firstly recorded from Caucasus (Mroczkowski 1968) and since 1975 in other regions (cf. Šefrová & Laštůvka 2005;Denux & Zagatti 2010). In Europe it is known from: Armenia, Belarus, Czech Republic, Finland, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, South European Russia, Sweden and The Netherlands (Barševskis 2001;Hagstrum et al 2013;Zhantiev 2013;Háva 2015).…”