Acta Entomologica Serbica

PAUESIA QUILIS, 1931 (HYMENOPTERA, BRACONIDAE; APHIDIINAE) IN SERBIA: THREE SPECIES NEW TO SERBIAN FAUNA WITH AN IDENTIFICATION KEY

2024-10-03T13:57:10+02:00

Pauesia is a diverse genus within the Aphidiinae subfamily, comprising about 80 species across the Holarctic region. Despite their diversity and distribution, a comprehensive modern revision of the species has yet to be undertaken. So far, six species have been recorded in Serbia. Our study identified three species new to the Serbian fauna: Pauesia similis Starý, 1966, P. juniperorum (Starý, 1960), and P. silvestris (Starý, 1960). Data on the location and tritrophic associations of the collected material are provided, as well as an identification key for Pauesia females in Serbia. We present two new trophic associations, both involving Pinus peuce Griseb. (Macedonian pine): P. similis and P. piceaecollis reared from Cinara aphids.

NEW DATA ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF PERILLUS BIOCULATUS (HETEROPTERA: PENTATOMIDAE): FIRST RECORDS FROM CROATIA, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, NORTH MACEDONIA, GEORGIA, AND ARMENIA

2024-11-19T13:16:41+01:00

Perillus bioculatus, a stink bug native to North America, was occasionally introduced to Europe in the early 20th century as a control agent against the potato pest Leptinotarsa decemlineata. Efforts were made to establish it, but it was not observed in the wild or considered naturalized until recent decades. In this paper, P. bioculatus is reported for the first time from five countries: Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Georgia, and Armenia. Individuals were usually observed in the fall in gardens on potato plants while feasting on Colorado potato beetles, or near houses. Details about the new findings are presented, and the origin and further spread of the species are shortly discussed.