Amasa sp.

Marchioro, Matteo, Faccoli, Massimo, Dal Cortivo, Marialuisa, Branco, Manuela, Roques, Alain, Garcia, Andre & Ruzzier, Enrico, 2022, New species and new records of exotic Scolytinae (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) in Europe, Biodiversity Data Journal 10, pp. 93995-93995 : 93995

Amasa sp.

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 5; sex: females; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: A4CCA024-9881-5464-976F-7135B03D82F5; Taxon: scientificName: Amasa sp. near A. truncata (Erichson, 1842); Location : continent: Europe ; country: Portugal; countryCode: PT; county: Lisbon; municipality: Lisbon metropolitan area; decimalLatitude: 38.718138; decimalLongitude: -9.188019; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification : identifiedBy: Enrico Ruzzier ; Event : eventDate: 2019-05-03; Record Level: collectionID: EDUP Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 70D3FF03-4608-5EDD-BFA6-DCE1E4C0EE89; Taxon: scientificName: Amasa sp. near A. truncata (Erichson, 1842); Location : continent: Europe ; country: Portugal; countryCode: PT; county: Lisbon; municipality: Lisbon metropolitan area; decimalLatitude: 38.70741; decimalLongitude: -9.18294; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification : identifiedBy: Enrico Ruzzier ; Event : eventDate: 2019-05-03; Record Level: collectionID: EDUP Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 3543B123-B333-59D5-988D-3DC641152AAB; Taxon: scientificName: Amasa sp. near A. truncata (Erichson, 1842); Location : continent: Europe ; country: Portugal; countryCode: PT; county: Lisbon; municipality: Lisbon metropolitan area; decimalLatitude: 38.718138; decimalLongitude: -9.188019; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification : identifiedBy: Enrico Ruzzier ; Event : eventDate: 2019-05-24; Record Level: collectionID: EDUP Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 2; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 88526AA3-EDEE-5535-850E-E4B256E2C20D; Taxon: scientificName: Amasa sp. near A. truncata (Erichson, 1842); Location : continent: Europe ; country: Portugal; countryCode: PT; county: Lisbon; municipality: Lisbon metropolitan area; decimalLatitude: 38.718138; decimalLongitude: -9.188019; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification : identifiedBy: Enrico Ruzzier ; Event : eventDate: 2019-06-14; Record Level: collectionID: EDUP Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: CA69BCCD-5A18-5B9A-8219-42A6049912F7; Taxon: scientificName: Amasa sp. near A. truncata (Erichson, 1842); Location : continent: Europe ; country: Portugal; countryCode: PT; county: Lisbon; municipality: Lisbon metropolitan area; decimalLatitude: 38.718138; decimalLongitude: -9.188019; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification : identifiedBy: Enrico Ruzzier ; Event : eventDate: 2019-07-5; Record Level: collectionID: EDUP Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 2; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 0200BAD2-81CE-565E-BE84-888F4ABCB8DE; Taxon: scientificName: Amasa sp. near A. truncata (Erichson, 1842); Location : continent: Europe ; country: Portugal; countryCode: PT; county: Lisbon; municipality: Lisbon metropolitan area; decimalLatitude: 38.718138; decimalLongitude: -9.188019; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification : identifiedBy: Enrico Ruzzier ; Event : eventDate: 2019-07-26; Record Level: collectionID: EDUP Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 86A2858D-D8C7-5BEE-BC48-9CCF4CDC807C; Taxon: scientificName: Amasa sp. near A. truncata (Erichson, 1842); Location : continent: Europe ; country: Portugal; countryCode: PT; county: Lisbon; municipality: Lisbon metropolitan area; decimalLatitude: 38.718138; decimalLongitude: -9.188019; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification : identifiedBy: Enrico Ruzzier ; Event : eventDate: 2019-08-16; Record Level: collectionID: EDUP Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 2B4DB422-F06D-54EC-BB5D-EEC4A3FA71E6; Taxon: scientificName: Amasa sp. near A. truncata (Erichson, 1842); Location : continent: Europe ; country: Portugal; countryCode: PT; county: Lisbon; municipality: Lisbon metropolitan area; decimalLatitude: 38.718138; decimalLongitude: -9.188019; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification : identifiedBy: Enrico Ruzzier ; Event : eventDate: 2019-09-06; Record Level: collectionID: EDUP Type status: Other material. Occurrence : individualCount: 7; sex: females; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 8B4D6EA8-A01F-55BF-B807-61212945E3A7; Taxon : scientificName: Amasa sp. near A. truncata (Erichson, 1842); Location : continent: Europe ; country: France; county: Alpes Maritimes ; locality: Antibes square Delaunay ; decimalLatitude: 43.574134; decimalLongitude: 7.086691; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Event : eventDate: 2021; Record Level: collectionID: ECIN Type status: Other material. Occurrence : individualCount: 3; sex: females; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: CBA7B39A-F88D-5DAA-8830-39C4CFBA9ADD; Taxon : scientificName: Amasa sp. near A. truncata (Erichson, 1842); Location : continent: Europe ; country: France; county: Alpes Maritimes ; locality: Ile Ste Marguerite ; decimalLatitude: 43.51772; decimalLongitude: 7.04922; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Event : eventDate: 2019; Record Level: collectionID: ECIN Type status: Other material. Occurrence : individualCount: 32; sex: females; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 132DF38D-A6D0-59D9-8DBB-315F11859917; Taxon : scientificName: Amasa sp. near A. truncata (Erichson, 1842); Location : continent: Europe ; country: France; county: Alpes Maritimes ; locality: Ile Ste Marguerite ; decimalLatitude: 43.51772; decimalLongitude: 7.04922; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Event : eventDate: 2020; Record Level: collectionID: ECIN Type status: Other material. Occurrence : individualCount: 3; sex: females; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 357863C8-0AE0-5612-9A45-7FC0928F5464; Taxon : scientificName: Amasa sp. near A. truncata (Erichson, 1842); Location : continent: Europe ; country: France; county: Alpes Maritimes ; locality: Ile Ste Marguerite ; decimalLatitude: 43.51772; decimalLongitude: 7.04922; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Event : eventDate: 2021; Record Level: collectionID: ECIN Type status: Other material. Occurrence : individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 15E3DE71-93F4-5BEE-AF91-01BC9E638A8B; Taxon : scientificName: Amasa sp. near A. truncata (Erichson, 1842); Location : continent: Europe ; country: France; county: Alpes Maritimes ; locality: Mandelieu Villa la Desirade ; decimalLatitude: 43.546083; decimalLongitude: 6.927778; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Event : eventDate: 2021; Record Level: collectionID: ECIN Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 3; sex: females; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: A329E362-2198-5A41-B2F7-7D67BDAD411F; Taxon: scientificName: Amasa sp. near A. truncata (Erichson, 1842); Location: continent: Europe; country: France; county: Alpes Maritimes; locality: Theoule /mer- Pointe de l'Aiguille ; decimalLatitude: 43.5045901; decimalLongitude: 6.9518406; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Event: eventDate: 2021; Record Level: collectionID: ECIN Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 2; sex: females; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: A558F2C7-7BE0-5233-AC33-C1B1BDAC0FBB; Taxon: scientificName: Amasa sp. near A. truncata (Erichson, 1842); Location: continent: Europe; country: France; county: Alpes Maritimes; locality: Vallauris- Parc du Paradou ; decimalLatitude: 43.560561; decimalLongitude: 7.058094; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Event: eventDate: 2020; Record Level: collectionID: ECIN Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 28; sex: females; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 606BCDB4-461C-570C-A336-55A1BDB8DFA1; Taxon: scientificName: Amasa sp. near A. truncata (Erichson, 1842); Location: continent: Europe; country: France; county: Alpes Maritimes; locality: Vallauris- Parc du Paradou ; decimalLatitude: 43.560561; decimalLongitude: 7.058094; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Event: eventDate: 2021; Record Level: collectionID: ECIN Type status: Other material. Occurrence : individualCount: 16; sex: females; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 4BDD6E81-4B30-588A-8A23-627118D256AB; Taxon : scientificName: Amasa sp. near A. truncata (Erichson, 1842); Location : continent: Europe ; country: France; county: Var ; locality: Agay ; decimalLatitude: 43.453459; decimalLongitude: 6.865015; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Event : eventDate: 2021; Record Level: collectionID: ECIN Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1; sex: females; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: E9AF28D8-D5F6-568F-88E5-617AF1848570; Taxon: scientificName: Amasa sp. near A. truncata (Erichson, 1842); Location: continent: Europe; country: France; county: Var; locality: Le Pradet ; decimalLatitude: 43.07991; decimalLongitude: 6.02298; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Event: eventDate: 2022; Record Level: collectionID: ECIN Type status: Other material. Occurrence : individualCount: 2; sex: females; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 347CE59D-782F-5163-ADF9-FEB7A9FF4DB4; Taxon : scientificName: Amasa sp. near A. truncata (Erichson, 1842); Location : continent: Europe ; country: France; county: Var ; locality: Manjastre- Bormes les Mimosas ; decimalLatitude: 43.1622643; decimalLongitude: 6.3114024; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Event : eventDate: 2021; Record Level: collectionID: ECIN Type status: Other material. Occurrence : individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: F84DB6EC-9DD2-56BA-88C0-FDFAC4C113B4; Taxon : scientificName: Amasa sp. near A. truncata (Erichson, 1842); Location : continent: Europe ; country: France; county: Var ; locality: Saint Raphael ; decimalLatitude: 43.426722; decimalLongitude: 6.798744; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Event : eventDate: 2020; Record Level: collectionID: ECIN Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 563A0646-0A35-5341-9377-0ABB44E326C2; Taxon: scientificName: Amasa sp. near A. truncata (Erichson, 1842); Location: continent: Europe; country: France; county: Bouches du Rhône; locality: Fos/Merl ; decimalLatitude: 43.473559; decimalLongitude: 4.861009; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Event: eventDate: 2020; Record Level: collectionID: ECIN

Distribution

The DNA barcode traced back the possible origin of Amasa sp. to Australia. This yet unnamed taxon is now present in France, Portugal and possibly Spain (see Barnouin et al. 2020) and it is most probably conspecific with the Amasa established in Eucalyptus plantations in Brazil, Chile, New Zealand and Uruguay, based on morphological similarity and collecting data ( Milligan 1968, Zondag 1977, Flechtmann and Cognato 2011, Gómez et al. 2017, Kirkendall 2018).

Notes

Portuguese Amasa specimens were collected in multi-funnel black traps set up at 5 m above the ground and baited with a multi-lure blend of longhorn beetle pheromones, ethanol and alpha-pinene. Traps were located on Eucalyptus trees or in their vicinity (Fig. 3 ). French Amasa were collected using multi-funnel black traps baited with either (2018-2020) the 8-pheromone multi-lure blend for cerambycids ( Fan et al. 2019) implemented with Ethanol and alpha-pinene or (2021-2022) with four compounds: ethanol, alpha-pinene, alpha-copaene and quercivorol (Fig. 4 ).

Identification remarks

The COI sequences obtained from the specimens collected in Portugal (OP143861 and OP143862), and in France in 2020 and 2021, were identical (100% identity) to the Amasa sequence present in the BOLD System (SBGB053-03) (specimen from New South Wales (Australia) and deposited under Scolytus sp.) and to those from the specimens collected in 2018 and 2019 in France ( Barnouin et al. 2020). As correctly argued by Barnouin et al. (2020), the Amasa species recorded in Europe might belong to a single species, still undescribed (Fig. 5 ).

Figures

Figure 3. Distribution records of non-native scolytine species in Portugal: Amasa sp. near A. truncata (Erichson, 1842) [orange]; sites with co-occurence of Amasa sp. near A. truncata (Erichson, 1842) and Xylosandrus germanus (Blandford, 1894) [blue].

Figure 4. Records of Amasa sp. near A. truncata (Erichson, 1842) in southern France.

Figure 5. Amasa sp. near A. truncata (Erichson, 1842), female specimen from Lisbon (Portugal); lateral view (left), postero-lateral view of the elytral declivity (right) (Photocredit: Enrico Ruzzier).