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Caterina Dima

  • Biodiversity Journal, 15 (2): 387-390 - MONOGRAPH

    Francesco Lamanna & Caterina Dima
    A new particular finding of Lethocerus patruelis (Stål, 1854) (Hemiptera Heteroptera Belostomatidae) on the Calabria Ionian coast
    https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2024.15.2.387.390

    ABSTRACT
    The first observation of Lethocerus patruelis (Stål, 1854) (Hemiptera Heteroptera Belostomatidae) on the Ionian coast of Crotone, in eastern Calabria (Italy), is documented. During some local naturalistic research on the Strongoli Marina beach a live adult specimen of this large Belostomatidae was collected and identified. The diffusion in Calabria and in general in Italy of this species, typical of Balkans, has not yet been completely ascertained thus the finding, albeit sporadic, represents an important event for the knowledge and control of the species. Only two other records of Lethocerus patruelis in Calabria are reported in the literature. One to the north in the city of Villapiana in the province of Cosenza and the other to the south in the small hamlet of Prunella in the municipality of Melito di Porto Salvo in the province of Reggio Calabria. This may indicate an increase of the presence of Lethocerus patruelis on the Calabrian Ionian coast.