identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
7C4187E4AC2EAC29FE22F635FD9F70DE.text	7C4187E4AC2EAC29FE22F635FD9F70DE.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Zelus renardii	<div><p>RESULTS AND DISCUSSION</p><p>The findings of single specimens of Z. renardii in Denmark, Germany and England mentioned in this paper are the first ones for the respective countries. They have to be considered isolated records, found more or less far away from other European records of the species: Jerup is located in northern Denmark, Teningen in southwest Germany (van der Heyden 2021), Low Lorton in the north-western part of England, near the Scottish border. All three specimens were found indoors. Very likely, two of them were introduced via the transport of grapes from Italy and Greece, respectively, as they were found on grapes imported from these countries and bought in supermarkets (van der Heyden 2021; P. Williams, pers. comm.). The specimen found in Low Lorton had accidentally been placed with the grapes in a refrigerator for several days before it was discovered alive on the stalk (P. Williams, pers. comm.)</p><p>As long as only single specimens of Z. renardii are introduced to regions located in the northern part of Western Europe or in Northern Europe via human activity, it is unlikely that the species will be able to establish itself in these regions. On the other hand, the climate conditions, for example in Denmark, Germany and the United Kingdom, might be suitable for the species to spread from the Mediterranean Region, its main European distribution area, northwards. The optimal temperature for the larval development is about 25–30 °C (Pinzari et al. 2018), but it might be possible that nymphs reach the adult stage at lower temperatures (Rattu &amp; Dioli 2020). Further research on the distribution of Z. renardii in European regions north of the Mediterranean Region might lead to more knowledge on the issue.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7C4187E4AC2EAC29FE22F635FD9F70DE	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Heyden, Torsten Van Der	Heyden, Torsten Van Der (2021): On the recent Northern European dispersion of Zelus renardii Kolenati (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) via human activity. Israel Journal of Entomology 51: 43-46, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4730423, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4730422
