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The first record of Thaumastocoris peregrinus Carpintero & Dellapé, 2006 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Thaumastocoridae) for Albania

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Revista gaditana de Entomología, volumen VIII núm. 1 (2017):133-135 ISSN 2172-2595
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Torsten van der Heyden
Immenweide 83, D-22523 Hamburg, Germany. tmvdh@web.de
Key words: Heteroptera; Thaumastocoridae; Thaumastocoris peregrinus; first record; Albania
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The first record of Thaumastocoris peregrinus Carpintero & Dellapé,
2006 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Thaumastocoridae) for Albania
The genus Thaumastocoris
Kirkaldy, 1908 is endemic to Australia
and includes fourteen species (Vivas et
al., 2015).
The only species of the genus
originally native to Australia that has been
found in other regions of the world is
Thaumastocoris peregrinus Carpintero &
Dellapé, 2006, commonly known as the
bronze bug. It was described based on
specimens collected in Argentina
(Carpintero & Dellapé, 2006) and has
been reported from Australia, New
Zealand, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique,
South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Israel,
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay,
Uruguay, Mexico and the United States of
America (California) (Vivas et al., 2015;
Leathers, 2016; Novoselsky & Freidberg,
2016).
T. peregrinus is a pest that affects
different species of Eucalyptus L’Héritier
de Brutelle (Myrtaceae) causing serious
damages in plantations (Novoselsky &
Freidberg, 2016).
El género Thaumastocoris
Kirkaldy, 1908 es endémico de Australia
e incluye catorce especies (Vivas et al.,
2015).
La única especie del género
originariamente nativa de Australia que
ha sido encontrada en otras regiones del
mundo es Thaumastocoris peregrinus
Carpintero & Dellapé, 2006, conocida en
el mundo anglosajón como "the bronze
bug" y en el hispanohablante como
"chinche del eucalipto". Fue descrita en
base a especímenes capturados en
Argentina (Carpintero & Dellapé, 2006) y
registrada en Australia, Nueva Zelanda,
Kenia, Malawi, Mozambique, Sudáfrica,
Tanzania, Zimbabue, Israel, Argentina,
Brasil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, México
y los Estados Unidos de América
(California) (Vivas et al., 2015; Leathers,
2016; Novoselsky & Freidberg, 2016).
T. peregrinus es una plaga que
afecta a diferentes especies de Eucalyptus
L’Héritier de Brutelle (Myrtaceae)
causando serios daños en sus plantaciones
(Novoselsky & Freidberg, 2016).
T. van der Heyden. The first record of Thaumastocoris peregrinus Carpintero & Dellapé, 2006
(Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Thaumastocoridae) for Albania
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In the current decade T. peregrinus
has been introduced to Europe and has been
reported from Italy (Laudonia & Sasso,
2012), including Sicily (Carapezza, 2014),
Portugal (Garcia et al., 2013; Vivas et al.
2015) and Spain (Vivas et al., 2015).
Recently, Aleksander Golemaj was able to
take a photograph of a specimen of T.
peregrinus in the city of Vlorë in southern
Albania. The photograph was taken on 6-
XII-2016 (Fig. 1).
As T. peregrinus has not been
reported from Albania in scientific
publications yet, the record reported in this
paper is the first one for this country.
En la década actual T. peregrinus ha
sido introducida en Europa, siendo registrada
en Italia (Laudonia & Sasso, 2012),
incluida Sicilia (Carapezza, 2014),
Portugal (Garcia et al., 2013; Vivas et al.
2015) y España (Vivas et al., 2015).
Recientemente, Aleksander Golemaj hizo
una fotografía de un espécimen de T.
peregrinus en la ciudad de Vlorë, en el sur
de Albania. Esta fotografía se hizo el
6/XII/2016 (Fig. 1).
Como T. peregrinus no ha sido
reportada de Albania hasta el momento en
publicaciones científicas, el dato aportado
en este trabajo es el primero para este
país.
Figure 1. Specimen of Thaumastocoris peregrinus Carpintero &
Dellapé, 2006, Vlorë, Albania, 6-XII-2016. (Photograph: Aleksander
Golemaj.)
Revista gaditana de Entomología, volumen VIII núm. 1 (2017):133-135 ISSN 2172-2595
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Naturalista Siciliano, S. IV, XXXVIII(1): 127-129.
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Recibido: 7 agosto 2017
Aceptado: 18 agosto 2017
Publicado en línea: 19 agosto 2017
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would like to thank Aleksander
Golemaj (Vlorë, Albania) for allowing me
to use his photograph of T. peregrinus to
illustrate this paper. Furthermore, I would
like to thank Diego Carpintero (Buenos
Aires, Argentina) and Pablo Dellapé (La
Plata, Argentina) for confirming the
identification of the specimen of T.
peregrinus illustrated in this paper.
AGRADECIMIENTOS
Quiero agradecer a Aleksander
Golemaj (Vlorë, Albania) por permitirme
usar su fotografía de T. peregrinus para
ilustrar este trabajo. Además quisiera
agradecer a Diego Carpintero (Buenos
Aires, Argentina) y Pablo Dellapé (La
Plata, Argentina) por confirmar la
identificación del especímen de T.
peregrinus ilustrado en este artículo.
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