Ozognathus cornutus (LeConte, 1859)

Zahradník, Petr & Demetriou, Jakovos, 2023, A review of the Ptinidae (Coleoptera: Bostrichoidea) of Cyprus, including new faunistic records and the description of a new species, Zootaxa 5306 (2), pp. 243-265 : 252

Ozognathus cornutus (LeConte, 1859)

Demetriou et al. 2022: 76; Koutsoukos & Demetriou 2023: 2-3.

Distribution. P i: CI CY GE FR IS IT LA MA MR PT SP TU A i: NZ E i: RI N: US. Originally a Nearctic species (USA Californian Region), introduced to some countries of Europe, sporadic in Northern Africa, Near East, Australian and Afrotropical Regions (White 1982; Zahradník 2007a; Miłkowski 2019; Demetriou et al. 2022; Zahradník & Poussereau 2022; Koutsoukos & Demetriou 2023).

Alien status. Introduced to Cyprus, native to the Nearctic zoogeographical realm (Demetriou et al. 2022; Koutsoukos & Demetriou 2023).

Material examined. Limassol prov., Port env., collected from Eucalyptus spp., 0 m a. s. l., 34 o 38’43’’ N, 33 o 0’3’’ E, 31.iii.2021, 1 ♂, lgt. J. Demetriou, coll. PZPC; Limassol prov., Kato Polemidia , 30 m a. s. l., 34 o 40’32’’ N, 32 o 59’55’’ E, iii.-viii.2022, 30 spec., reared from Schinus molle L. fruit, lgt. J. Demetriou, coll. JDPC; Limassol prov., Kato Polemidia , 34 m a. s. l., 34 o 40’41’’ N, 33 o 00’20’’ E, 26.iii.2022, 4 ♀, 1 ♂, reared from Pistacia terebinthifolia Raddi fruit., lgt. E. Koutsoukos, coll. PCEK; Larnaca prov., Larnaca airport env., 10 m a. s. l., 34 o 51’ N, 33 o 36’ E, 26.iii.2022, 2 ♂, reared from Schinus molle L. fruit, lgt. E. Koutsoukos, coll. PCEK; Paphos prov., Chloraka , Melanos , 90 m a. s. l., 34 o 47’27’’ N, 32 o 24’46’’ E, 17.viii.2022, 2 ♂, 2 ♀, reared from Asphodelus ramosus L. capsules, lgt. J. Demetriou, coll. PCEK.