• Hrvatski
    • English
Natura Croatica Issue number: Natura Croatica, Vol. 26 No.1

Prvi nalaz invazivne vrste sjemenarki Megabruchidius tonkineus (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Bruchinae) u Hrvatskoj

Authors: Ivan Kurtek, Željko Zahirović, Nataša Turić, Ivana Vrućina, Goran Vignjević, Enrih Merdić, Mirta Sudarić Bogojević

Authors and affiliation

  • Ivan Kurtek Department of Biology, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Cara Hadrijana 8/A, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
  • Željko Zahirović Department of Biology, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Cara Hadrijana 8/A, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
  • Nataša Turić Department of Biology, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University, Ulica cara Hadrijana 8A, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
  • Ivana Vrućina Department of Biology, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Cara Hadrijana 8/A, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
  • Goran Vignjević Department of Biology, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Cara Hadrijana 8/A, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
  • Enrih Merdić Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Department of biology, Cara Hadrijana 8/A, 31000 Osijek, Croatia
  • Mirta Sudarić Bogojević Department of Biology, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Cara Hadrijana 8/A, 31000 Osijek, Croatia

Abstract

The invasive seed beetle Megabruchidius tonkineus (Pic, 1904) is an agricultural pest native to the east Asian region that was first recorded in Europe (Germany) in the 1980s. There are further recent reports of this species from Bulgaria, France, Hungary, Russia, Serbia and Switzerland. Megabruchidius tonkineus resides in the seed pods of gleditsia triacanthos L. (Fabaceae) and is recorded for the first time in Croatia in our study. The general morphological, biological and distributional features of this invasive species are given.

Keywords

Megabruchidius tonkineus, invasive species, new record, seed pods, Croatia Kurtek, I., Zahirović, Ž., Turić, N., Vrućina, I., Vignjević, G., Merdić, E. & Sudarić Bogojević,

PDF File