- This month’s pest alerts include the first reports in Zakopane, Poland of the western conifer seed bug Leptoglossus occidentalis and Sceliphron destillatorium (© Pexels)
We’ve selected a few of the latest new geographic, host and species records for plant pests and diseases from CAB Abstracts. Records this month include new species of Hexamermis Steiner parasitizing Epilachna paenulata in Argentina, the first record of the family Meenoplidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) from Pakistan and the first reports of the western conifer seed bug Leptoglossus occidentalis in Zakopane, Poland.
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New distribution records of four species of crop wild relatives to India. Pradheep, K.; John, K. J.; Harish, G. D.; Sultan, S. M.; Jaisankar, I.; Naveen, K.; Ahlawat, S. P.; Manish Kanwat (2019) Journal of Threatened Taxa 11 (3) 13406-13414.
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A new species of Hexamermis Steiner, 1924 (Nematoda, Mermithidae) parasitizing Epilachna paenulata (Germar, 1824) (Coleopera, Coccinellidae) in Argentina. Reboredo, G. R.; Camino, N. B. (2019) Revista Peruana de Biología 26 (1) 21-26.
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Two new species of the genus Coomansinema Ahmad and Jairajpuri, 1989 (Nematoda: Dorylaimida) with a key to its species. Ahmad, W.; Mushtaq, P.; Shahnaz; Kumar, S. (2019) Helminthologia 56 (1) 42-52.
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The western conifer seed bug Leptoglossus occidentalis (HEIDEMANN, 1910) (Hemiptera: Coreidae) and Sceliphron destillatorium (ILLIGER, 1807) (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) – the first records in Zakopane. Pietraszko-Warchałowska, M.; Warchałowski, M. (2019) Wiadomości Entomologiczne 38 (1) 53-56.
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Contributions to the knowledge of beetle distribution (Coleoptera) in Western Poland. Part 16. Lucanidae, Trogidae, Ochodaeidae and Geotrupidae – additions. Bunalski, M. (2019) Wiadomości Entomologiczne 38 (1) 47-52.
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Two new species of the weevil subgenus Pseudotiorhynchus Magnano, genus Otiorhynchus Germ. (Coleoptera, Curculionidae: Entiminae) from Iran. Savitsky, V. Yu. (2019) Entomological Review 99 (1) 82-90.
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First record of the four-eyed fir bark beetle Polygraphus proximus Blandford, 1894 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae: Scolytinae) from Irkutsk Province, Russia. Bystrov, S. O.; Antonov, I. A. (2019) Entomological Review 99 (1) 54-55.
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First record of the cochineal scale insect, Dactylopius opuntiae (Cockerell) (Hemiptera: Dactylopiidae), in Jordan. Bader, A. M. K.; Abu-Alloush, A. H. (2019) Jordan Journal of Biological Sciences (JJBS) 12 (2) 155-159.
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Cyperus michelianus (Cyperaceae) in the Pannonian region, new for Burgenland. Reich, D.; Barta, T.; Bernhardt, K. G.; Lazowski, W.; Raabe, U.; Schratt-Ehrendorfer, L. (2019) Neilreichia 10 155-169.
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First record of the family Meenoplidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) from Pakistan. Kamran Sohail; Muhammad Usman; Zhang YaLin (2019) Entomotaxonomia 41 (1) 59-63.
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