Stictocephala bisonia in Russia. Intruders.

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botanque, 27.09.2009 12:46

At the beginning of September, to my great surprise, I found several humpback buffalo specimens (Stictocephala bisonia K. Y. or S. bubalis F.) in floodplain meadows in the vicinity of Samara. Prior to this, I was convinced from the books that this species is widespread somewhere in the extreme south and in Europe. After searching the Internet, I found only indirect references from the Voronezh, Rostov, Volgograd and Saratov regions and from Primorye. However, a complete description of the modern range of the species in its Russian part could not be found. For example, here http://www.sevin.ru/invasive/invasion/inse...tled_nq/66.html no information is available yet.
Often, such data obtained from first-hand sources outstrip and differ from the literature. It would be interesting to know: where, when, in what quantity you met this insect. Maybe some other unexpected "guests"?

This post was edited by botanque - 09/28/2009 21: 03

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28.09.2009 21:00, botanque

The region of Crimea and Sochi I just meant by "extreme yugas"

. I am currently interviewing relatives from Chisinau.

But Stictocephala bisonia is, or a similar species, I do not know.

Similar or related species, I think, are unlikely to be possible here, just like her. However, there was some confusion with the names:
"Stictocephala bubalus F.-Humpback buffalo. In the literature, there was an indication of incorrect identification of this type. St. bubalus lives only in North America, and St. bisonia has penetrated to Europe from America. "
From N. V. Antonets, V. A. Barsov Lesopathological survey of plantings of the Dnepropetrovsk-Orel Nature Reserve / / Zapovidna prava v Ukrainy. Vol. 4, issue 2. 1998. pp. 56-64

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15.09.2011 11:45, Pirx

The North American invader Stictocephala bubalus auctorum actually belongs to the species Stictocephala bisonia Kopp & Yonke, 1977. In the Donetsk region, the most common hortobiont, even harmful in nurseries of tree crops. It is a pity that I am not at work now - the plant protection group of the Donetsk Botanical Garden in the 1970s and 1980s specifically dealt with this issue, brief information was also published in the publications. The species, if I remember correctly, spread from Moldova. As a child (in the 1980s), I caught it in Donetsk several times. It is impossible to confuse it with any of the local humpback species (there are at least 2 ordinary local ones), it is one green one, and a characteristic back. Interestingly, S. bisonia actively feeds on ragweed wormwood, its "native" species.

Pruflink (damn, at work):

Kolomoets T. P. Vrediteli zelenykh rasstaneniy promyshlennogo Donbasa [Pests of green spaces in industrial Donbass], Naukova dumka Publ., 1995, 216 p.

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