Stictocephala bisonia Kopp et Yonke, 1977

Çerçi, Bariş, Karataş, Ahmet & Karataş, Ayşegül, 2021, Insecta non gratae: New Distribution Records of Eight Alien Bug (Hemiptera) Species in Turkey with Contributions of Citizen Science, Zootaxa 5057 (1), pp. 1-28 : 13-15

Stictocephala bisonia Kopp et Yonke, 1977 —Buffalo Treehopper

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Distribution in Turkey ( Map 7 ): Ankara, Artvin, Balıkesir, Edirne, Kırklareli, Rize ( Lodos & Kalkandelen 1981); Bolu, Bursa, Eskişehir, Giresun, İstanbul, Sakarya, Tokat, Zonguldak (this study).

New records by citizen scientists in Turkey: 1. Bolu: Mudurnu, Karamurat, 10.X.2015 ( Karacan 2015). 2. Bursa: Nilüfer, Ürünlü, 27.VI.2016 ( Biçici 2016b). 3. Eskişehir, 23.VIII.2020 (GBIF.org 2021). 4. Giresun: Bulancak, Samugüney, 31.VIII.2017 ( Karataş 2017). 5. İstanbul: Sarıyer, Bahçeköy, 4.IX.2019 ( Güngör 2019a); 6. Ümraniye, 20.IX.2015 ( Tosun 2016b). 7. Rize: Derepazarı, Tersane, 27.VII.2020: Ahmet Karataş. 8. Sakarya: Karasu, 08.IX.2015 (Eren G. 2015), ibid., 20.IX.2015 (Eren F. 2015), ibid., 07.VIII.2016 (Eren A. 2016). 9. Tokat (centre): Kömeç, 09.VIII.2017 ( Uçar 2017). 10. Zonguldak: Alaplı, 09.IX.2014 ( Yaşayacak 2015).

Comments: S. bisonia is native to the central and eastern part of North America ( Walczak et al. 2018). It was classified formerly as Ceresa bubalus (Fabricius, 1794) ( Walczak et al. 2018) . However, Andrade (1997) regarded it as a synonym of Stictocephala alta (Walker, 1851) . This alien species was transported to eastern central Europe from North America and it was found for the first time in Serbia before 1912 ( Walczak et al. 2018). It spread in most of the countries from Portugal to Azerbaijan in the Western Palearctic. As in North America, it is distributed just north of 50 o N latitude in Europe ( Schedl 1991; Walczak et al. 2018). This insect was reported from Edirne in 1963 as Ceresa bubalus by Lodos & Kalkandelen (1981). Although it is the oldest introduced species among the eight bug species considered in the present study; the number of provinces in which it was reported is low, as there is not much work on it or alternatively, its spreading speed may be low in Turkey. It is mostly seen in Marmara and Eastern Black Sea provinces. There are 13 records from 11 localities ( Map 7 ). Most of them were in autumn, with five records each in September and October (Graph 7).

GRAPH 7. Seasonality of Stictocephala bisonia Kopp et Yonke, 1977 , based on records from Turkey.

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FIGURE 7. Stictocephala bisonia Kopp et Yonke, 1977, specimen on fern leaf from Bulancak, Giresun.

MAP 7. Distribution of Stictocephala bisonia Kopp et Yonke, 1977 in Turkey.