First report of an exotic sap beetle, Phenolia (Lasiodites) picta (Macleay, 1825) (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae) from Iran with notes on its distribution range and damage on different hosts

Serri, Sayeh; Moradi, Mahboobeh; Audisio, Paolo

doi:10.52547/jibs.9.1.33

First report of an exotic sap beetle, Phenolia (Lasiodites) picta (Macleay, 1825) (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae) from Iran with notes on its distribution range and damage on different hosts

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

Sayeh Serri ¹

Mahboobeh Moradi ²

Paolo Audisio ³

¹ Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization, P.O. Box 1454, Tehran 19395, Iran.

² Center of Agricultural- Jahad of Balatajan, Ghaemshahr, Mazandaran Province, Iran.

³ Department of Biology and Biotechnologies “C. Darwin”, Sapienza Rome University, Via A. Borelli, 50, I-00161 Rome, Italy.

10.52547/jibs.9.1.33

Abstract

The sap beetle, Phenolia (Lasiodites) picta (Macleay) (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae), is the first record of this genus and species for the Iranian fauna. The larvae and adults were collected inside ripe fruits of Citrus aurantium, Citrus sinensis var. valencia, Diospyros kaki, Pyrus communis, Prunus persica var. nectarine and P. persica var. nucipersica in the gardens of Gavan Ahangar village of Mazandaran province. Notes on the distribution and observed damage are also presented.

Graphical Abstract

First report of an exotic sap beetle, Phenolia (Lasiodites) picta (Macleay, 1825) (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae) from Iran with notes on its distribution range and damage on different hosts

Keywords

Sap beetles

First record

Iran

invasive species

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