TWO APHID SPECIES AND GENERA OF THE TRIBE MACROSIPHINI (HEMIPTERA: APHIDIDAE) NEW TO THE FAUNA OF SERBIA

Mihajlo Tomić, Olivera Petrović-Obradović — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 14:41:50 +0200

First records of two Macrosiphini aphid genera new to the fauna of Serbia are presented with details on their morphology, biology, and distribution, accompanied by original photographs and illustrations. Ammiaphis sii (Koch, 1855) was recorded for the first time on Falcaria vulgaris near Grocka and in the central Banat district, and Brachycorynella asparagi (Mordvilko, 1929) on Asparagus verticillatus in Zrenjanin and on A. officinalis in Slankamen. There is now a total of 397 species of aphids in Serbia.

ONE MORE ALLOCHTHONOUS PRAYING MANTIS IN SERBIAN FAUNA: AMELES SPALLANZANIA (ROSSI, 1792) (MANTODEA: AMELIDAE)

Kosta Ilić, Ivan Tot, Nikola Vesović, Mihailo Vujić — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 16:40:17 +0100

The allochthonous mantis Ameles spallanzania (Rossi, 1792), from the family Amelidae, has been recorded for the first time in Serbia, in the urban settlement of Klisa, in the city of Novi Sad. Although the manner of the species’ introduction cannot be determined with certainty, we assume it was imported with ornamental plant nursery stock, considering the immediate proximity of a plant nursery. This is the second species of the genus Ameles Burmeister, 1838 recorded in Serbia, the first non-native representative of its genus (and the second non-native mantis species after the already widespread Hierodula tenuidentata Saussure, 1869), and the fifth mantis species recorded in the fauna of Serbia in total.

Acta Entomologica Serbica

TWO APHID SPECIES AND GENERA OF THE TRIBE MACROSIPHINI (HEMIPTERA: APHIDIDAE) NEW TO THE FAUNA OF SERBIA

ONE MORE ALLOCHTHONOUS PRAYING MANTIS IN SERBIAN FAUNA: AMELES SPALLANZANIA (ROSSI, 1792) (MANTODEA: AMELIDAE)