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Scientic Note
Summarized data on the European distribution of Leptoglossus occidentalis
Heidemann (Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Anisoscelini)
Datos resumidos sobre la distribución europea de Leptoglossus occidentalis
Heidemann (Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Anisoscelini)
Torsten van der Heyden1
1 Immenweide 83, D-22523 Hamburg, Germany. E-mail: tmvdh@web.de
ZooBank: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub: 28E22940-CE41-4CF8-B77B-DF2757928161
https://doi.org/10.35249/rche.45.3.19.24
Abstract. Information on the distribution of Leptoglossus occidentalis in Europe is
summarized. The presence of the species in Ireland is conrmed. Records of L. occidentalis
on the Isle of Man are reported.
Key words: Hemiptera, invasive species.
Resumen. Se resume información acerca de la distribución de Leptoglossus occidentalis en
Europa. Se conrma la presencia de la especie en Irlanda. Se reportan citas de L. occidentalis
en la isla de Man.
Palabras clave: Especie invasora, Hemiptera.
The aim of this note is to provide an updated and summarized list of data on the
distribution of Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann, 1910 in Europe. Hereinafter, the rst
publications about records of the species in the respective countries are listed.
Since its rst reported appearance in Europe in 1999 (Taylor et al. 2001; Tescari 2001;
Villa et al. 2001), L. occidentalis, a highly dispersible Nearctic coreid native to western North
America, has been reported from the following European countries:
Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech
Republic, Denmark, France (including the island of Corsica), Georgia, Germany, Greece
(including the islands of Corfu and Crete), Hungary, Ireland, Italy (including the islands
of Sardinia and Sicily), Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco,
Montenegro, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania,
Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain (including the Balearic Islands), Sweden,
Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Kingdom (including the Channel Islands)
(Tescari 2001, 2004; Colombi and Brunetti 2002; Gogala 2003; Ribes et al. 2004; Rabitsch and
Heiss 2005; Harmat et al. 2006; Moulet 2006; Werner 2006; Aukema and Libeer 2007; Kment
and Baňař 2007; Majzlan and Roháčová 2007; Malumphy and Reid 2007; Aukema 2008;
Hradil 2008; Lis et al. 2008; Protić 2008; Simov 2008; Buhl and Stephensen 2009; Ruicănescu
2009; Arslangündoğdu and Hızal 2010; Derjanschi 2010; Grosso-Silva 2010; Mjøs et al. 2010;
Schneider 2010; Sciberras and Sciberras 2010; Ponel et al. 2011; Winkelmann and Bahr 2011;
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Lindelöw and Bergsten 2012; Putshkov et al. 2012; Foley and McCormack 2013; Gapon
2013; Protić and Stanković 2015; Kulijer 2016; Hiermann 2017; Kulijer and Ibrahimi 2017;
van der Heyden 2017, 2018a, 2018b).
The presence of L. occidentalis in Ireland, rst reported by Foley and McCormack (2013)
based on a single specimen found in a hardware store near the city of Wexford in 2010, can
be conrmed: M. Jaacks reported a specimen found in Dublin in January 2013 to the online
database RISC Heteroptera Non-Native Species Records. Additionally, he wrote: “This is
the second siting we have had in the house. The rst was back in November [2012].” (NBN
Atlas 2019a).
Furthermore, various records of L. occidentalis on the Isle of Man reported between 2011
and 2016 are registered in the online database NBN Atlas (2019b).
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