Berend Aukema

Naturalis Biodiversity Center | NCB · Department of Terrestrial Zoology

Bräu, M., Dorow, W.H.O., Achtziger, R., Aukema, B., Brandner, J., Frieß, T., Göricke, P., Goßner, M., Hartung, V., Heckmann, R., Hoffmann, H.-J., König, M., Münch, M., Puzoń, S., Rabitsch, W., Raupach, M., Simon, H., Voigt, K., & Winkelmann, H. (2024): Exkursions-ergebnisse des 49. Treffens der Arbeitsgemeinschaft mitteleuropäischer Heteropterologe...

Two Dutch records of Leptopus marmoratus are given, representing the first ones of the family, genus, and species from the country. Records from both Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands are mapped and information on its biology are summarized from the literature. Dispersal flight, facilitated by warmer climatological conditions and southern win...

The first Dutch specimen of Mecidea lindbergi was captured on October 30, 2022, in a light trap at Spekholzerheide in the province of Limburg. Since 2015, there has been a growing number of reports of this Mediterranean species in Western Europe, indicating its ability to disperse over long distances. Due to climate change this may result in the es...

A female of Geocoris megacephalus was sieved from litter in a drift sand area near Kootwijk in the province of Gelderland. It represents the first record of the species in the Netherlands since 1902. All records from the Netherlands and Belgium prior to 2023 are from the coastal sand dunes, but in 2023 the species was found outside its known area i...

The Nearctic Zelus renardii also reported from the Netherlands (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) Here we present the first record of the Nearctic Zelus renardii from the Netherlands. A specimen was photographed at the flowerheads of tansy Tanacetum vulgare in a flower garden in the north of the province of Limburg. The species is recorded since 2010 in Eur...

Dicranocephalus agilis observed again in the Netherlands (Heteroptera: Stenocephalidae) A male of Dicranocephalus agilis was caught on sea spurge Euphorbia paralias along the North Sea coast in the province of Zuid-Holland in June 2023, representing the first confirmed record from the Netherlands since 1963. Details about its morphology and life hi...

Geocoris ater rediscovered in the Netherlands (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae) after more than 160 years A small population of Geocoris ater was discovered in an abandoned limestone quarry near Maastricht in the province of Limburg, the southernmost part of the Netherlands. It represents the first record of the species since the single record published in...

A male of Heterogaster artemisiae Herrich-Schaeffer, 1835 was collected on July 9, 2023, by the second author on thyme Thymus in her garden in Oostburg (province of Zeeland, 51.332°N 3.476°E). This is the first record of the species in the Netherlands.

FIRST RECORDS OF THE BUG CAMPTOPUS LATERALIS IN THE NETHERLANDS (HETEROPTERA: ALYDIDAE) During a field trip of the Wantsenstudiegroep (bug study group) of the Natuurhistorisch Genootschap in Limburg on 15 September 2023, the first specimen of the bug Camptopus lateralis for the Netherlands was caught. The catch was made in a grassland on a southern...

Polymerus holosericeus observed again in the Netherlands (Heteroptera: Miridae). Three females of Polymerus (Polymerus) Hahn, 1831 were caught in a Malaise trap in the province of Gelderland in June 2022, representing the first record in the Netherlands since 1955. Details about its life history are given and its distribution in Europe and the Neth...

True bugs of the West Frisian Islands VIII (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) - New records of Heteroptera from the West Frisian Islands since the last review in 2020 are presented. A total of 63 new island records are given and the following six species are recorded for the first time from the islands: Acetropis gimmerthalii, Campylomma verbasci and Psallus...

Chroantha ornatula (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1842) was observed for the first time in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom in October 2022. Possibly, the species will be able to colonize western Europe along the Atlantic coast from the mediterranean populations.

First records of Geotomus elongatus (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1840) for the Netherlands. Four specimens were collected at light in Brunssum, province of Limburg in July and August 2022.

A freshly developed male of the mirid Creontiades pallidus (Rambur, 1839) was intercepted in a Garden center in Duiven, the Netherlands. It was collected from a flowering Gauria lindheimeri plant imported from Portugal. On the basis of literature data of its optimal developmental conditions, establishment outdoors in the Netherlands seems unlikely.

A specimen of the North American Belonochilus numenius (Say, 1832) was caught in a light trap in Utrecht, in the central part of the Netherlands. Since the first records of this North American species in 2008 in France, it is now already present in 22 European countries. The Dutch record described in here is the most northern one. Information on it...

Records are given of five species of true-bugs from Bos 't Ename (Oudenaarde, Oost-Vlaanderen). Three species are new to the Belgian fauna: Orthotylus (Parapachylops) caprai Wagner, 1955, Psallus (Psallus) criocoroides Reuter, 1879 (Miridae) and Nysius cymoides (Spinola, 1837) (Lygaeidae). The presence of Physatocheila costata (Fabricius, 1794) (Ti...

After examination of the type material it is clear that Saldula connemarae Walton, 1986 is indeed a junior synonym of Saldula saltatoria (Linnaeus, 1758) and this synonymy is proposed here.

A new southern Portuguese record of Nemausus sordidatus (Stål, 1858) (Hemiptera: Alydidae) from the early 1990s improves the knowledge about the occurrence of the species in Portugal, confirming its presence in the country 30 years ago. Details on another record recently published from a nearby locality are also provided. Resumen: Nemausus sordidat...

First Dutch records are given for Orthotylus junipericola, Tuponia brevirostris and T. hippophaes (Miridae), Nabis capsiformis (Nabidae), Coranus kerzhneri (Reduviidae) and Emblethis duplicatus (Lygaeidae). Coranus kerzhneri is also recorded from Belgium for the first time. The information on distribution and biology of these species is ummarized f...

The rare European lacebug Galeatus maculatus was in the Netherlands only known from a single specimen collected before or in 1884. The species was rediscovered on its foodplant Mouse-ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum in several km squares in in the southern part of the Netherlands in the province of Noord-Brabant. Its appearance is possibly the re...

A male of the North American Blepharidopterus chlorionis (Say, 1832) was caught in a light trap in Brunssum in the southern part of the province of Limburg. Inspection of its food plant honey locust tree Gleditsia triacanthos revealed its presence at four other locations and in two more provinces: Gelderland and Noord-Brabant. Most likely it is alr...

Volume VI of the Distribution Atlas of the true bugs of the Netherlands covers the addiditional species discovered in the country since the parts I-V were publishes: Pachycoleus pusillimus (Dipsocoridae), Corythucha ciliata (Tingidae), Dicyphus bolivari, D. escalerae, Orthotylus caprai, Atomoscelis onusta, Atractotomus marcoi, Phoenicocoris dissimi...

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The study of the lectotype of Sehirus fuscipennis Horváth, 1899 showed that this specimen is conspecific with Canthophorus maculipes sensu Aukema & Constant, 2016 and Adomerus maculipes sensu Gapon, 2018. To promote stability of nomenclature, the neotype of Cydnus maculipes Mulsant et Rey 1852 is designated instead of the lost syntypes. The name Se...

Eight species of Aradidae are listed from Belgium. Aradus (Aradus) brenskei Reuter, 1884 is added here to the Belgian list. It is locally common on mainly poplar trees infested by the tinder fungus Fomes fomentarius (L.) Fr., 1849 in a small part of the province of East Flanders. Diagnostic characters, distribution and biology of the species are su...

In May 2020, Aradus brenskei (Reuter, 1884) (Heteroptera: Aradidae) was first observed in Belgium. In nine months time, more than a thousand unique individuals were found in and around the Geelstervallei in Lede on eight different tree species, but mostly on Populus × canadensis. We found that Aradus brenskei shows a predilection for at least parti...

A male of the flat bug Aradus (Aradus) brevicollis Fallén, 1807 was photographed on a dead fallen Pinus sylvestris tree in a mixed forest. It represents the first Dutch record of this boreomontane species, that is associated with burned pine wood. Details on its distribution and biology are summarized from the literature.

First Dutch records are given for Psallus helenae (Miridae), Spilostethus pandurus and Peritrechus gracilicornis (Lygaeidae). The fast spread of Dicyphus bolivari over the country is discussed and the first records of this species for Belgium, Luxembourg and northern France are given. Moreover, it is suggested that specimens recently reported as D....

aukema et al.-wantsen van de nederlandse waddeneilanden vii  inleiding Sinds de zesde bijdrage in deze serie (Aukema et al. 08) zijn er op basis van verdere inventarisaties op Texel, Vlieland, Terschelling, Ameland, Schier-monnikoog en Rottumerplaat, en gedocumen-teerde waarnemingen op internet 8 nieuwe eilandrecords te melden. In het najaar v...

The 5th volume of the Distribution Atlas of the Heteroptera of the Netherlands includes 27 species of Coreoidea and 65 species of Pentatomoidea. Each species is treated on a separate page with text and diagrams. The text covers synonyms where applicable, references for identification, comments on general distribution, ecology, status in The Netherl...

New and interesting Dutch bugs ix (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) First Dutch records are given for Atomoscelis onusta, Atractotomus marcoi and Tuponia (Tuponia) mixticolor (Miridae), Ceraleptus gracilicornis (Coreidae), Ochetostethus opacus (Cydnidae), Halyomorpha halys and Holcogaster fibulata (Pentatomidae). Dutch Graphosoma specimens appeared to belon...

Dutch records of two introduced exotic Cydinidae are given: the American Rhytidoporus indentatus and the Asian Fromundus pygmaeus.

Tropidophlebia costalis rediscovered in the Netherlands after 75 years (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae) The rare lygaeid Tropidiphlebia costalis was found in the Netherlands for the first time since 1943 during pitfall trapping at the Kootwijkerzand in the province of Gelderland. Details on its biology and distribution are summarized and Dutch records are...

We present 180 species of true bugs (Insecta: Heteroptera) from the biogeographic regions „Oberes Weserbergland“, „Westhessisches Berg- und Senkenland“ and „Osthessisches Bergland”. All records have been obtained in August 2017 within the framework of the 43rd meeting of the “Working group of the Central European Heteropterists” held in Hofgeismar...

Bugs of the West Frisian Islands vi (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) New records of Heteroptera from the West Frisian Islands since the last review in 2016 are listed. A total of 49 new island records are given, including seven species recorded for the first time from the West Frisian Islands: Hydrometra gracilenta (Hydrometridae), Deraeocoris ruber and Ph...

https://www.gbif.org/dataset/37e094f3-dcf2-469f-93a2-c4b9b5fa7275 Waarnemingen.be - Hemiptera occurrences in Flanders and the Brussels Capital Region, Belgium is a species occurrence dataset published by Natuurpunt. The dataset contains over 59,000 Hemiptera occurrences of 789 naturally occurring species (native, vagrant or migrant species), record...

The first record of Nysius huttoni F.B. White, 1878 (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae) in Germany is given.

The first Dutch records of Dimorphopterus spinolae, Oxycarenus lavaterae (Lygaeidae) and Ochetostethus nanus (Cydnidae) in the Netherlands are given. Dimorphopterus spinolae was collected from its food plant bush grass Calamagrostis epigejos at 11 sites in the central part of the province of Limburg. A dense population of Oxycarenus lavaterae was d...

The purpose of this application, under Article 23.9.3 of the Code, is to conserve the widely used specific name Metochus abbreviatus Scott, 1874, for a species of rhyparochromid bugs from East Asia. The name is threatened by the senior subjective synonym Rhyparochromus erosus Walker, 1872, which has seldom been used since its first publication. The...

Hemiptera records gained in July 2015 in course of the 7 th European Hemiptera Congress in Styria are presented. In total, 144 Auchenorrhyncha, 143 Heteroptera, 13 Psylloidea and 2 Aphididae species were collected. Ribautodelphax imitans (Delphacidae), Eurhadina saageri (Cicadellidae), Notonecta maculata (Notonectidae), Notonecta meridionalis (Noto...

Conservation management is expected to increase local biodiversity, but uniform management may lead to biotic homogenization and diversity losses at the regional scale. We evaluated the effects of renewed grazing and cutting management carried out across a whole region, on the diversity of plants and seven arthropod groups. Changes in occurrence ov...

The first Dutch records of the mirids Dicyphus escalerae, Orthotylus caprai and Phoenicocoris dissimilis in the Netherlands are given. All three species were caught at light in a garden in Brunssum, located in the southernmost part of the country in the province of Limburg. The number of species listed for the Netherlands is now 647.

Volume IV of the Distribution Atlas of the true bugs of the Netherlands covers the first part of the Pentatomomorpha: Aradidae (7 species), Lygaeidae (98 species), Piesmatidae (3 species), Berytidae (9 species) and Pyrrhocoridae (1 species). Each species is treated on a separate page with text and diagrams; the text covers synonyms where applicable...

New records of Heteroptera from the West Frisian Islands since the last review in 2012 are listed. A total of 43 new island records are given, including five species recorded from the islands for the first time: Hesperocorixa castanea (Corixidae), Orthotylus adenocarpi, Compsidolon salicellum and Plesiodema pinetella (Miridae), and Rhopalus subrufu...

Examination of recently collected material on Madeira showed Sehirus aeneus Walker, 1867 to be identical with Canthophorus fuscipennis (Horváth, 1899). The following new synonymy is proposed: Sehirus aeneus Walker, 1867 = Sehirus fuscipennis Horváth, 1899, syn. nov. Dorsal and ventral body side of the holotype of S. aeneus, and male genitalia of th...

The following six species are recorded for the first time from the Netherlands: Psallus aethiops (Miridae), Empicoris rubromaculatus (Reduviidae), Arocatus melanocephalus, Lygaeus simulans, Eremocoris fenestratus (Lygaeidae) and Nezara viridula (Pentatomidae). New data are provided for the following little known or rare species: the dipsocorid Pach...

Seven species of Heteroptera are reported new to Ireland: Macrolophus rubi Woodroffe, Macrolophus pygmaeus (Rambur), Acetropis gimmerthalii (Flor), Megacoelum cf. beckeri (Fieber), Megaloceroea recticornis (Rambur), Lopus decolor (Fallén) and Anthocoris simulans Reuter. Records are also provided of species which have shown range extensions or have...

Notochilus limbatus (Lygaeidae) is recorded for the first time from Belgium.

A distribution atlas of the 240 Dutch Miridae was recently published by the authors. Each species is treated on a separate page with text and diagrams; the text covers synonyms where applicable, references for identification, comments on general distribution, ecology, status in The Netherlands, and relevant publications. Various diagrams support th...

Geotomus petiti (Wagner, 1954) is recorded for the first time from Belgium. Information on the other Belgian representatives of the genus is summarized. Geotomus elongatus is only known from Liège province and the records of Geotomus punctulatus are doubtful.

French version of "Distribution atlas of Belgian Miridae" including, for each of 231 species presently known in Belgium, three maps (distribution in Belgium before 1980, distribution in Belgium since 1980 until 2012, distribution in Europe), and a short text summarizing its status, based on all available distributional data, its ecology and of the...

Dutch version of "Distribution atlas of Belgian Miridae" including, for each of 231 species presently known in Belgium, three maps (distribution in Belgium before 1980, distribution in Belgium since 1980 until 2012, distribution in Europe), and a short text summarizing its status, based on all available distributional data, its ecology and of the r...

The shieldbug Jalla dumosa rediscovered in the Netherlands after 45 years (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). After 45 years without records in the Netherlands, Jalla dumosa was rediscovered in the coastal dunes on the West Frisian Island of Ameland. They were observed feeding on caterpillars of Argynnis niobe (Nymphalidae) and Zygaena filipendulae (Zygae...

A list is presented of all 314 species of Heteroptera known to occur at the Meinweg National Park (NL). The following 30 species are of special interest and are briefly discussed: Pachycoleus waltli (Dipsocoridae), Dictyonota strichnocera, Oncochila simplex, Stephanitis pyrioides and S. takeyai (Tingidae), Agnocoris rubicundus, Tupiocoris rhododend...

Supplement to the Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region volume 1-5. Data available at https://catpalhet.linnaeus.naturalis.nl

Dimorphopterus spinolae (Lygaeidae) en Codophila varia (Pentatomidae) are recorded for the first time from Belgium. The first is added to the Belgian list, the second is considered not established.

New data on the Heteroptera fauna of La Palma, Canary Islands (Insecta: Hemiptera). In: KMENT P., MALENOVSKÝ I. & KOLIBÁÈ J. (eds.): Studies in Hemiptera in honour of Pavel Lauterer and Jaroslav L. Stehlík. Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae biologicae (Brno) 98(2): 459–493. – Heteroptera collected on La Palma in the Canary Islands during the period 20...

For twelve nominal species of Miridae described from Japan by Yasunaga and his colleagues (Yasunaga, 2005; Yasunaga & Miyamoto, 2006; Yasunaga & Schwartz, 2005), no information is given on the type depositories of the holotypes, making these names unavailable according to Article 16.4.2 of the International Commission on Zoological nomenclature (IC...

The number of described species on the planet is about 1.9 million, with ca. 17,000 new species described annually, mostly from the tropics. However, taxonomy is usually described as a science in crisis, lacking manpower and funding, a politically acknowledged problem known as the Taxonomic Impediment. Using data from the Fauna Europaea database an...

Cumulative number of valid species of terrestrial and freshwater multicellular animals recorded in Europe. Numbers of valid species described since Linnaeus (1758) are plotted against the description year for selected phyla, major classes and major insect orders. These groups are not of equivalent taxonomic rank but were divided as such to demonstr...

The occurrence of Coranus kiritshenkoi Bergevin, 1932 on the Canary Islands is confirmed. The species is recorded for the first time from Fuerteventura and new records from Gran Canaria and Lanzarote are listed.

New records of Heteroptera from the West Frisian Islands since the last review in 2009 are listed. A total of 144 new island records are given, including 12 species recorded from the islands for the first time: Pachycoleus pusillimus (Dipsocoridae), Rhabdomiris striatellus, Parapsallus vitellinus, Phylus coryli, Phylus melanocephalus, Psallus albic...

Aukema, B., 2012. Checklist Wantsen van Zaanstad (Insecta: Heteroptera). CDROM-Bijlage 11d Natuuratlas Zaanstad. Ecologisch Adviesbureau Van ’t Veer & De Boer, Jisp & Stichting Natuur & Milieu Educatie - Zaanstreek. Versie 1.0 sept 2012 Een Checklist van Wantsen (Heteroptera) aangetroffen in de gemeente Zaanstad (Netherlands). De Checklist is g...

Tropidosteptes pacificus (Van Duzee, 1921), Brachynotocoris puncticornis Reuter, 1880, Reuteria marqueti Puton, 1875 (Miridae) and Empicoris baerensprungi (Dohrn, 1863) (Reduviidae) are recorded for the first time from Belgium. Information about their biology and distribution is summarized.

Aradus betulae (Aradidae) and Sciocoris homalonotus (Pentatomidae) are recorded for the first time from the Netherlands. Emblethis verbasci (Lygaeidae) was rediscovered after more than 60 years and new records are given for the rare Prostemma guttula guttula (Nabidae). At present 634 species are listed from the Netherlands. The unique status of the...

Grypocoris sexguttatus (Miridae), Temnostethus tibialis (Anthocoridae) and Arocatus roeselii (Lygaeidae) are recorded for the first time from the Netherlands. New distributional data are provided for the rare species Microvelia pygmaea (Veliidae), Eremocoris podagricus and Drymus pumilio (Lygaeidae) and for the recently established exotic species C...

The rare scutellerid Phimodera humeralis was found in the Netherlands for the first time since 1941 on Carex arenaria at a small plot of drift sand on the Limitische Heide near Huizen in the province of Noord-Holland. Details on its biology and distribution are summarized and Dutch records are listed. Its rareness most likely is caused by the crypt...

Non-professional taxonomists have been responsible for describing more than half of the animal species discovered in Europe from 1998 to 2007 (see also Nature 467, 788; 2010). The extraordinary current rate of description of new species makes Europe an unexpected frontier for biodiversity exploration. The Fauna Europaea database (www.faunaeur.org),...

The establishment of European Miridae in North America is a frequent occurrence. Wheeler and Henry ( 1992) listed 55 European mirids adventive to North America in their synthesis of Holarctic Miridae. The most likely pathway for these introductions is with the importation of nursery stock from Europe. Establishment of Nearctic species in Europe, on...

The establishment of European Miridae in North America is a frequent occurrence. Wheeler and Henry (1992) listed 55 European mirids adventive to North America in their synthesis of Holarctic Miridae. The most likely pathway for these introductions is with the importation of nursery stock from Europe. Establishment of Nearctic species in Europe, on...

In dit artikel wordt een overzicht gegeven van 38 soorten nieuwe of anderszins interessante Nederlandse wantsen. Corythucha ciliata (Tingidae), Macrolophus rubi, Orthotylus ochrotrichus (Miridae), Amphiareus constrictus, Buchananiella continua, Cardiasthetus fasciiventris, Lyctocoris dimidiatus (Anthocoridae), Arocatus longiceps (Lygaeidae) en Pint...

New records of Heteroptera recorded from the West Frisian Islands since the last review in 2004 are listed. A total of 158 new island records are given, including 26 species recorded from the islands for the first time: Aquarius paludum and Gerris argentatus (Gerridae), Stephanitis takeyai (Tingidae), Dicyphus errans, Deraeocoris flavilinea, Campto...

Phytocoris nowickyi (Miridae), Buchananiella continua, Temnostethus tibialis (Anthocoridae), Arocatus longiceps (Lygaeidae) and Empicoris rubromaculatus (Reduviidae) are recorded for the first time from Belgium. Additional records of Corythucha ciliata (Tingidae), Xylocoridea brevipennis (Anthocoridae), Leptoglossus occidentalis (Coreidae) and Pint...

De nomenclatuur en volgorde van de soorten zijn gebaseerd op de vijf delen van de ‘Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region’ (Aukema & Rieger 1995, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2006). Voor nieuwe waarnemingen van wantsen uit de provincie Gelderland werden het overzicht in Aukema (1989) en de eerste twee delen van de ‘Verspreidingsatlas van de Ne...

Harmonia axyridis (Pallas, 1773) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) is a ladybird beetle native to temperate and subtropical parts of Asia. Since 1916 populations of this species have been introduced throughout the world, either deliberately, or by accident through international transport. Harmonia axyridis was originally released as a classical biologica...

Dutch material identified as Psallus betuleti is revised. Both P. betuleti and P. montanus occur in The Netherlands, the latter being the more common of the two. Distribution and phenology of both species are illustrated.

The North American bug Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann, 1910 is recorded from the Netherlands for the first time. All specimens were observed in or near potential overwintering sites far away from suitable breeding sites and mainly in coastal areas, suggesting large distance dispersal.

The first Belgian record of the invasive North American coreid Leptoglossus occidentalis is given, together with information about its distribution in Europe and its biology.

The holotype af Oxycarenus roseus, formerly synonymised with O. pallens, is reexamined and now synonymised with O, lavaterae.

The European Union has adopted the ambitious target of halting the loss of biodiversity by 2010. Several indicators have been proposed to assess progress towards the 2010 target, two of them addressing directly the issue of species decline. In Europe, the Fauna Europaea database gives an insight into the patterns of distribution of a total dataset...

Harmonia axyridis (Pallas, 1773) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) is a ladybird beetle native to temperate and subtropical parts of Asia. Since 1916 populations of this species have been introduced throughout the world, either deliberately, or by accident through international transport. Harmonia axyridis was originally released as a classical biologica...

Invasion of the New-Zealand wheat bug Nysius huttoni in the Netherlands (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae) In 2006 the European Invertebrate Survey - Netherlands, by order of the National Plant Protection Organisation, conducted a survey of the distribution and population characteristics of the true bug Nysius huttoni White, 1878. This is originally an endem...

Eleven species of Heteroptera (Arctocorisa carinata, Mesovelia furcata, Bothynotus pilosus, Deraeocoris scutellaris, Lygus maritimus, Orthops basalis, Globiceps fulvicollis, Tythus pubescens, Orius laticollis, Himacerus boops and Drymus pilicomis) are added to the lrish list.