The rapid expansion of Sphenophorus venatus in the Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean, and notes on the west palearctic Sphenophorus (Coleoptera, Curculionidae)

By

Gastouniotis, Georgios
Kakiopoulos, Georgios

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-6-30

Original Publication

Travaux du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle "Grigore Antipa"

Volume

68

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

87--96

Subjects

Curculionidae , Dryophthorinae , invasive species , new records , Sphenophorus

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

București, România Muzeul Național de Istorie Naturală "Grigore Antipa" -2009

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/travaux.68.e143160

 

Abstract

Sphenophorus venatus (Say, 1831), a species native to the Nearctic region, has recently been recorded in multiple Eastern Mediterranean and Balkan countries. This study compiles new records based on field surveys and citizen science platforms, confirming the species’ presence in Albania, Bulgaria, mainland Greece, Italy (including Sardinia and Sicily), Israel and Turkey. Clarifications of its distinction from related species in the western Palearctic, alongside notes on the Sphenophorus species in the region are provided.