Monocrepidius posticus (Eschscholtz, 1829)

Ruzzier, Enrico, Morin, Lucio, Zugno, Matteo, Tapparo, Andrea, Bani, Luciano & Di Giulio, Andrea, 2023, New records of non-native Coleoptera in Italy, Biodiversity Data Journal 11, pp. 111487-111487 : 111487

Monocrepidius posticus (Eschscholtz, 1829)

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Rudolf Schuh; individualCount: 26; occurrenceID: D85425C8-4501-55CA-8092-190FD66AB239; Taxon : scientificName: Monocrepidius posticus (Eschscholtz, 1829); family: Elateridae ; Location : country: Italy; countryCode: IT; stateProvince: Calabria; locality: Torre Mezza Praia , Acconia ; decimalLatitude: 38.8162444606245; decimalLongitude: 16.2220915973993; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification : identifiedBy: Rudolf Schuh ; Event : eventDate: 2014-06- 28 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Giovanni Altadonna; individualCount: 1; occurrenceID: 3178C064-E00D-5267-8230-DAE8EEA1D0C8; Taxon : scientificName: Monocrepidius posticus (Eschscholtz, 1829); family: Elateridae ; Location : country: Italy; countryCode: IT; stateProvince: Sicily; county: Messina ; locality: Tremestieri ; decimalLatitude: 38.143639; decimalLongitude: 15.522750; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification : identifiedBy: Giovanni Altadonna ; Event : eventDate: 2023-06- 28 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Giovanni Altadonna; individualCount: 1; occurrenceID: 5D51C8AA-856B-5E00-87EA-BBB20B575E39; Taxon : scientificName: Monocrepidius posticus (Eschscholtz, 1829); family: Elateridae ; Location : country: Italy; countryCode: IT; stateProvince: Sicily; county: Messina ; locality: Tremestieri ; decimalLatitude: 38.143639; decimalLongitude: 15.522750; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification : identifiedBy: Giovanni Altadonna ; Event : eventDate: 2023-07-08 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Enrico Ruzzier; individualCount: 1; occurrenceID: E628CAD2-F417-5A7D-B164-644C000CC0E5; Taxon : scientificName: Monocrepidius posticus (Eschscholtz, 1829); family: Elateridae ; Location : country: Italy; countryCode: IT; stateProvince: Veneto; county: Vicenza ; locality: Costalunga ; decimalLatitude: 45.811018; decimalLongitude: 11.743925; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification : identifiedBy: Enrico Ruzzier ; Event : eventDate: 2023-08-12

Distribution

Species native to the Neotropics and now established in both the Nearctic and Western Palearctic ( Ruzzier et al. 2021c, Van Meer and Artéro 2022). Monocrepidius posticus is seemingly a species of relatively recent introduction that, however, has been able to spread in peninsular Italy and Sicily. The rapid diffusion of this species is most probably associated with potted plants ( Ruzzier et al. 2021c), especially when the insect is at the larval stage. Specimens from Calabria and Veneto represent new regional records that further demonstrate the wide distribution of the species on the Italian territory.

Notes

Species included in the CABI Invasive Species Compendium; to date, there is no information on the real economic or environmental impact of this non-native species ( Ruzzier et al. 2021c). This species was earlier known as Conoderus posticus ; however, the name Conoderus Eschscholtz, 1829 is a synonym of Monocrepidius Eschscholtz, 1829 (see Kundrata et al. (2019)).