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First record of Sastrapada baerensprungi (Stål, 1859) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Stenopodainae) in Croatia

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The first record of Sastrapada baerensprungi (Stål, 1859) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Stenopodainae) for Croatia is reported. Information on the known European distribution of the species is summarized.
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Journal of the Heteroptera of Turkey 56
J.Het.Turk., 4(1), May 2022 (eISSN 2687-3249)
First record of Sastrapada baerensprungi (Stål, 1859)
(Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Stenopodainae) in Croatia
Immenweide 83, 22523 Hamburg, Germany.
E-mail: tmvdh@web.de ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4138-7160
Torsten van der Heyden
ABSTRACT: The first record of Sastrapada baerensprungi (Stål, 1859) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera:
Reduviidae: Stenopodainae) for Croatia is reported. Information on the known European
distribution of the species is summarized.
To cite this article: van der Heyden, T., 2022, First record of Sastrapada baerensprungi (Stål, 1859)
(Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Stenopodainae) in Croatia, J.Het.Turk., 4(1):56-57
DOI:10.5281/zenodo.6590287
To link to this article: https://www.j-ht.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/V41-A7.pdf
Received: May 09, 2022; Revised: May 22, 2022; Accepted: May 24, 2022; Published online: May 30, 2022
Short Note
KEYWORDS: Sastrapada baerensprungi, first record, distribution, Croatia, Mediterranean
Region.
The Mediterranean assasin bug Sastrapada
baerensprungi (Stål, 1859) (Hemiptera:
Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Stenopodainae)
is the only member of the genus Sastrapada
Amyot & Serville, 1843 which is recognized
in Europe (Grosso-Silva et al., 2021).
So far, S. baerensprungi has been reported
from the following European countries:
Albania, Bulgaria, France (mainland and
Corsica), Greece (mainland and Crete),
Italy (mainland, Sardinia and Sicily),
Portugal, Spain and Switzerland
(Putshkov & Moulet, 2009; Dioli, 2016;
Grosso-Silva et al., 2021). The presence
of the species in Switzerland is doubtful:
The only record, from Geneva, might be a
result of a passive transport (Dioli,
2016).
Now, the first record of S. baerensprungi
in Croatia can be reported: On 14.09.2018,
a female specimen was photographed by
Jurica Stošić near the village of Lopar,
located in the northern part of the island
of Rab in the Adriatic Sea (Fig. 1).
The photograph was uploaded to the
online database iNaturalist (Stošić,
2019).
Journal of the Heteroptera of Turkey 57
J.Het.Turk., 4(1), May 2022 (eISSN 2687-3249)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would like to thank Jurica Stošić for
allowing me to use his photo of S.
baerensprungi to illustrate this note.
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Figure 1. Sastrapada baerensprungi (Stål, 1859), female, near Lopar, Rab, Croatia, 14.09.2018.
(Photo: Jurica Stošić).
... So far, the Mediterranean assassin bug species Sastrapada baerensprungi (Stål, 1859) (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) has been reported from the following European countries: Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia (Rab), France (mainland and Corsica), Greece (mainland and Crete), Italy (mainland, Sardinia and Sicily), Portugal (mainland), Spain (mainland and Canary Islands) and Switzerland (a single and doubtful record) (GROSSO-SILVA et al., 2021;VAN DER HEYDEN, 2022). Now, the presence of S. baerensprungi on the Portuguese island of Madeira can be reported: On 10-12-2023, a female specimen was found in São Martinho, located in the municipality of Funchal at the southern coast of the island. ...
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Ectomocoris ululans (R€€, 1790) and Sastrapada baerensprungi (Sa, 1859), have been found in the protected Area of “Brussa-Vallevecchia” (Venice), located along the sea coast between the towns of Caorle and Bibione. ‚ These two species are new to Veneto and this region is the northernmost area in the geographical range of these species. ‚ e presence of both insects adds value to the biodiversity of this interesting habitat. New records from other regions of Italy are also quoted.
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Photograph to be found on iNaturalist
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  • J Stošić
Stošić, J., 2019, Sastrapada baerensprungi. Photograph to be found on iNaturalist [Online database]. Available from: https:// www.inaturalist.org/observations/ 25101564.(Accessed: 08.05.2022).