Stator limbatus, a new alien seed-beetle for Cyprus

🗺️ Native to North America, the seed-beetle Stator limbatus has been unintentionally introduced to Europe and the Middle East, currently known from Sardinia and Corsica in Western Europe as well as Iran, Oman, Yemen and the United Arab Emirates in the Middle East.

🌱 Immature stages of Stator limbatus develop in seeds of plants of the family Fabaceae such as species in the genera Acacia, Albizia, Cassia, Cercidium, Delonix, Leucaena, Pithecellobium and Senegalia.

🆘 The species was collected in Cyprus during 2021 and 2022 from Paphos and Akrotiri UK SBA. No negative impacts were observed although the species could have negative socioeconomic effects, affecting ornamental tree species.

📖 Read more about Stator limbatus below:
https://tinyurl.com/2p8654sp
https://neobiota.pensoft.net/article/70441/

Cocco A, Brundu G, Berquier C, Andreï-Ruiz MC, Pusceddu M, Porceddu M, Podda L, Satta A, Petit Y, Floris I (2021) Establishment and new hosts of the non-native seed beetle Stator limbatus (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Bruchinae) on acacias in Europe. NeoBiota 70: 167–192. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.70.70441

Demetriou J, Kakiopoulos G, Háva J, Martinou AF, Delobel A (2022) First record of the alien seed beetle Stator limbatus (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Bruchinae) from Cyprus. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 65(1): 37–43. https://doi.org/10.3897/travaux.64.e81350

Publicado el 24 de enero de 2023 por jakovosdemetriou