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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Another alien bug in Europe: the first case of transcontinental introduction <br />of the Asiatic burrower bug Macroscytus subaeneus (Dallas, 1851) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cydnidae) to the U.K. through maritime transport

Paul F. WhiteheadJerzy A. Lis

subject

0106 biological sciencesAsiaPhilippinesMacroscytus subaeneus010607 zoologyZoologyalien speciesAlien010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciencesHemipteraHeteropteraNestAnimalsburrower bugCydnidaetranscontinental dispersalmaritime transportEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsbiologyHeteropteraStarlingThailandbiology.organism_classificationHemipteraUnited KingdomEuropeSturnusIndonesiaFemaleAnimal Science and Zoology

description

The Oriental burrower bug Macroscytus subaeneus (Dallas, 1851) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cydnidae: Cydninae), presently known only from single localities in Flores (Indonesia), the Philippines and Thailand, is recorded from the United Kingdom (hereafter U.K.). A single female specimen was collected on the semi-rural edge of Bath city by a Starling (Sturnus vulgaris L.) and taken to its nest from which it was retrieved during 2015. The specimen is illustrated and its diagnostic characters are provided. We hypothesize that this specimen could have been imported with a shipping container from Thailand. 

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2019-02-15Zootaxa
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4555.4.10