New sightings reveal establishment and spread of the allochthonous mantid Ameles spallanzania Rossi, 1792 in Hungary (Insecta, Mantodea)

By

Székely, Áron
László, Márk
Mészáros, Ádám
Schlitt, Bence Péter

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-4-23

Original Publication

Evolutionary systematics

Volume

9

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

99--106

Subjects

Allochthonous species , Citizen science , climate change , Distribution , Faunistics , invasive species

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Hamburg Centrum für Naturkunde (CeNak) 2017-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.9.146658

 

Abstract

Biological invasions driven by climate change are one of the major challenges of today’s native ecosystems. One species that undergoes such a phenomenon is Ameles spallanzania Rossi, 1792 (Insecta, Mantodea, Amelidae), a Mediterranean mantid with an extensive range expansion over the last few years. Although several studies mention this northward shift, only one occurrence has been published from Hungary until now. We present all the 27 new localities and data on this allochthonous species, concluding that it has established breeding populations in Hungary, with a growing number of observations suggesting continued expansion towards Central Europe.