Insecta non gratae: New Distribution Records of Eight Alien Bug (Hemiptera) Species in Turkey with Contributions of Citizen Science

Abstract

This study is prepared to provide an example for the utility of citizen science in faunistic research, which is becoming popular as a data source, especially for invasive alien species. With the globalization tendency of many living species by human impact, alien species rapidly spread far from their natural distribution range and become invasive in their newly settled ecosystems. Some of these invasive alien species become one of the most important problems for nature. This study focuses on distribution of following eight alien Hemiptera species that have previously been recorded from Turkey: Zelus renardii (Reduviidae), Corythucha arcuata and Corythucha ciliata (Tingidae), Leptoglossus occidentalis (Coreidae), Perillus bioculatus and Halyomorpha halys (Pentatomidae), Stictocephala bisonia (Membracidae) and Metcalfa pruinosa (Flatidae). New distributional and seasonality data for all these species are presented based on observations shared by citizen scientists in the websites Doğalhayat and iNaturalist. New provincial records for each species are given. As a result, it is apparent that citizen science is an important data source, supplies remarkable contribution for increasing the understanding on expansion of invasive alien species as well as providing clear picture on their distribution.

Study on the Ecology, Biology and Ethology of the Invasive Species Corythucha arcuata Say, 1832 (Heteroptera: Tingidae), a Danger to Quercus sp. in the Climatic Conditions of the City of Sibiu, Romania

“…In 2003, OLB was recorded in Turkey for the first time in the province of Bolu and then in the provinces of Düzce, Zonguldak, Sakarya, Kocaeli, Eskişehir, Ankara, Çankırı and Bilecik [23,24]. Subsequent research in Turkey led to the conclusion that the species has infected 28.000 km 2 of territory [9,25] and is now listed as a permanently monitored invasive species [26,27].…”

“…From 2016, was reported in other European countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece and Ukraine [48,[50][51][52][53][54]. [19,20]; 2002-Switzerland [21,22]; 2003-Turkey [9,23,24,[25][26][27][28]; 2005-Iran [28]; 2009-Poland [29]; 2012-Bulgaria [30,31]; 2013-Hungary [32,[34][35][36][37]; 2013-Croația [39]; 2013-Serbia [40][41][42]; 2015-Russia [24,[43][44][45][46][47]; 2015-Romania [52,62,64,65,[67][68][69][70]; 2016-Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece and Ukraine [48,50,51,[53][54]; 2017...…”

Study on the Ecology, Biology and Ethology of the Invasive Species Corythucha arcuata Say, 1832 (Heteroptera: Tingidae), a Danger to Quercus spp. in the Climatic Conditions of the City of Sibiu, Romania

“…In 2003, OLB was recorded in Turkey for the first time in the province of Bolu and then in the provinces of Düzce, Zonguldak, Sakarya, Kocaeli, Eskişehir, Ankara, Çankırı and Bilecik [23,24]. Subsequent research in Turkey led to the conclusion that the species has infected 28,000 km 2 of territory [9,25] and is now listed as a permanently monitored invasive species [26,27].…”

“…From the studies carried out between 2016 and 2022 by the National Institute for Research and Development in Forestry 'Marin Dracea specialists [62][63][64][65][66][67][68], OLB was reported in 67 of the 124 locations studied, mainly in West, Central and South part of Romania (Figure 2). In recent years, it has been reported in more areas of Romania where the host species are as follows: Quercus robur L., [19,20]; 2002-Switzerland [21,22]; 2003-Turkey [9,[23][24][25][26][27][28]; 2005-Iran [28]; 2009-Poland [29]; 2012-Bulgaria [30,31]; 2013-Hungary [32,[34][35][36][37]; 2013-Croat , ia [39]; 2013-Serbia [40][41][42]; 2015-Russia [24,[43][44][45][46][47]; 2015-Romania [52,[62][63][64][65][66][67][68]; 2016-Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, ...…”

“…Figure 1. Chronological spread in Europe-the dark gray highlights recorded sightings of OLB: 2000-Italy[19,20]; 2002-Switzerland[21,22]; 2003-Turkey[9,[23][24][25][26][27][28]; 2005-Iran[28]; 2009-Poland[29]; 2012-Bulgaria[30,31]; 2013-Hungary[32,[34][35][36][37]; 2013-Croat , ia[39]; 2013-Serbia[40][41][42]; 2015-Russia[24,[43][44][45][46][47]; 2015-Romania[52,[62][63][64][65][66][67][68]; 2016-Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece and Ukraine[48,50,51,53,54]; 2017-Slovenia[48,49]; 2017-France[55]; 2018-Slovakia[56]; 2018-Bosnia[54]; 2019-Austria…”