The spider beetle Ozognathus cornutus in Cyprus

🗺️ Native to North America, Ozognathus cornutus has managed to spread in Europe and the Mediterranean reaching France, Germany, Gibraltar, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Malta, Portugal (Madeira), Spain (including Canary Islands), Switzerland, Tunisia and the United Kingdom.

🏕️ During entomological field surveys individuals of Ozognathus cornutus were collected on Eucalyptus trees. The ecology of O. cornutus is still rather unknown and the species has been recorded at a wide range of habitats including agricultural, coastal, urban and woodland areas.

🌱It is regarded as polyphagous, being associated with 38 different host plants. The beetle has been regarded as saproxylophagous, feeding on decaying plant tissues such as dried fruit and woodborers’ faeces in galleries as well as inhabiting galls of various insects.

📖 Read more about the species below: https://tinyurl.com/4a472ere

Demetriou J, Kakiopoulos G, Martinou AF (2022) First record of the Nearctic Ozognathus cornutus (LeConte, 1859) (Coleoptera: Ptinidae: Anobiinae) in Cyprus. Hellenic Plant Protection Journal 15(2): 76-79. https://doi.org/10.2478/hppj-2022-0009

Publicado el 26 de enero de 2023 por jakovosdemetriou jakovosdemetriou

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