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Erstfund von Zelus renardii KOLENATI, 1856 in Deutschland (Heteroptera: Reduviidae)

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The first record of Zelus renardii KOLENATI, 1856 in Germany is reported. Es wird über den Erstfund von Zelus renardii KOLENATI, 1856 in Deutschland berichtet.
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HETEROPTERON Heft 61 / 2021 31
Erstfund von Zelus renardii KOLENATI, 1856 in Deutschland (Heteroptera:
Reduviidae)
TORSTEN VAN DER HEYDEN
Abstract: The first record of Zelus renardii KOLENATI, 1856 in Germany is reported.
Zusammenfassung: Es wird über den Erstfund von Zelus renardii KOLENATI, 1856 in Deutschland berichtet.
Key words: Zelus renardii, Reduviidae, Heteroptera, Germany.
Die nearktische Raubwanze Zelus renardii KOLENATI, 1856 wurde bisher als invasive Art für
die folgenden europäischen Länder gemeldet: Albanien, Frankreich, Griechenland, Italien, Portugal,
Spanien und Türkei (DAVRANOGLOU 2011, PETRAKIS & MOULET 2011, BAENA & TORRES 2012,
VIVAS 2012, DIOLI 2013, VAN DER HEYDEN 2015, 2017, ÇERÇI & KOÇAK 2016, ZHANG et al. 2016,
SIMOV et al. 2017, PINZARI et al. 2018, RODRÍGUEZ LOZANO et al. 2018, GARROUSTE 2019, GOULA et
al. 2019, PÉREZ-GÓMEZ et al. 2020, VAN DER HEYDEN & GROSSO-SILVA 2020). Die Art wurde in
Europa bisher hauptsächlich im Mittelmeerraum nachgewiesen.
Nun wurde Z. renardii auch erstmals in Deutschland gefunden: Am 23.10.2020 wurde ein
adultes Exemplar in Teningen, Baden-Württemberg von CORNELIA BAUSER In ihrem Haushalt
entdeckt. Ein Foto des Exemplars wurde auf der Online-Plattform iNaturalist veröffentlicht
(https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/63327091) (Abb. 1). Das Tier wurde sehr wahrscheinlich
mit aus Italien stammenden Weintrauben, die in einem Supermarkt gekauft wurden, eingeschleppt, da
das Exemplar direkt nach dem Waschen der Trauben im Waschbecken entdeckt wurde (CORNELIA
BAUSER, persönliche Mitteilung).
Danksagung:
Mein Dank gilt CORNELIA BAUSER für Informationen bezüglich ihres Fundes von Z. renardii.
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Anschrift des Autors:
Torsten van der Heyden, Immenweide 83, D-22523 HAMBURG, e-mail: tmvdh@web.de
Abb. 1: Zelus renardii KOLENATI, 1856 (Foto: CORNELIA BAUSER auf Online-Plattform "iNaturalist")
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