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First Record of Nearctic Issid Planthopper Thionia Simplex (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Issidae) from Europe 238 V.M. GNEZDILOV & F. POGGI. FIRST RECORD OF THIONIA SIMPLEX FROM EUROPE Figs 1–3. Thionia simplex (Germar, 1830), male, Italy. 1, dorsal view; 2, lateral view; 3, frontal view. Total length of specimen is 5.2 mm. ZOOSYSTEMATICA ROSSICA, 23(2): 238–241 25 DECEMBER 2014 First record of Nearctic issid planthopper Thionia simplex (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Issidae) from Europe Первое указание неарктической иссиды Thionia simplex (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Issidae) из Европы V.M. GNEZDILOV* & F. POGGI В.М. ГНЕЗДИЛОВ & Ф. ПОДЖИ V.M. Gnezdilov, Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 1 Universitetskaya Emb., St Petersburg 199034, Russia. E-mails: [email protected], [email protected] F. Poggi, Via Madonnina 6, I-23873 Missaglia (LC), Italia. E-mail: [email protected] The Nearctic issid species Thionia simplex (Germar, 1830) is recorded for the first time from Europe. Other alien Auchenorrhyncha species in Europe are listed and discussed. Неарктическая иссида Thionia simplex (Germar, 1830) впервые указана из Европы. Пере- числены и обсуждены другие случаи завозов в Европу цикадовых. Key words: alien species, U.S.A., Europe, Italy, Auchenorrhyncha, Fulgoroidea, Issidae, Issini, planthopper, new record Ключевые слова: инвазивный вид, США, Европа, Италия, Auchenorrhyncha, Fulgoroi- dea, Issidae, Issini, фулгороидные цикадовые, новое указание INTRODUCTION description (including of the male genita- lia) given by Doering (1938). Italy has become the “gateway for New Thionia simplex (Germar, 1830) was de- World planthoppers in Europe” since the scribed from Kentucky in U.S.A. (Germar, last century as several species which are 1830). Currently this species is recorded adventive for Europe were first recorded from 19 states in eastern U.S.A. (Bartlett in this country, e.g. Metcalfa pruinosa (Say, et al., 2014). The genus Thionia Stål, 1859 1830) from Flatidae and Acanalonia conica belongs to the tribe Issini Spinola, 1839 (Say, 1830) from Acanaloniidae (Zangheri (= Thioniini Melichar, 1906) sensu Gnez- & Donadini, 1980; D’Urso & Uliana, 2006). dilov (2009) and currently comprises 72 Also a ricaniid species Ricania specu lum extant species, most of them distributed in (Walker, 1851) from the Orient was first the Neotropic Realm, with just eight species recorded for Europe in Italy (Mazza et al., known from the Nearctic Realm (U.S.A.) 2014). (Gnezdilov, 2013; Bartlett et al., 2014). Below we report the first representa- Thionia simplex is known as a polypha- tive of the Nearctic Issidae, Thionia sim- gous species in the U.S.A., where it has been plex (Germar, 1830), found in Europe. This collected from 12 host plants in ten families species was first collected in Lombardia in (Wheeler & Wilson, 1988). It may become 2012 and identified using illustrations and a serious pest in Europe as has already hap- pened with Metcalfa pruinosa which spread from Italy east to southern Russia and Re- * Corresponding author. public of Korea and west to Spain and has © 2014 Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Scienсes 240 V.M. GNEZDILOV & F. POGGI. FIRST RECORD OF THIONIA SIMPLEX FROM EUROPE became a serious pest on many plants (Luc- (Gnezdilov & O’Brien, 2006). One Western chi, 1997; Gnezdilov & Sugonyaev, 2009; Palaearctic species, Issus coleoptratus (Fa- Kim et al., 2011; Preda & Skolka, 2011). bricius, 1781), has been found on Saint Hel- ena Island in the Atlantic Ocean (Synave, MATERIAL AND METHODS 1976), and the Indo-Malayan Thabena brun- nifrons (Bonfils, Attie et Reynaud, 2001) The material examined is deposited in has been found on Reunion Island in the In- the private collection of Mr Francesco Pog- dian Ocean (Bonfils et al., 2001; Gnezdilov, gi, Missaglia, Italy (CFP) and in the Zoo- 2009, 2013). Two more Indo-Malayan spe- logical Institute of the Russian Academy of cies formally described from Europe (Fieber, Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia (ZIN). 1876; Gnezdilov et al., 2011), Thabena fis- The photos were taken by Leica MZ 95 sala (Fieber, 1876) and Thabenula sulcata with camera Leica DFC 290 and then as- (Fieber, 1876), either resulted from labeling sembled with Helicon Focus 5.3 and Adobe errors or reflected actual cases of movement Photoshop CS6. of Indo-Malayan species to Europe by sea (Gnezdilov, 2013). Other planthopper, the Superfamily FULGOROIDEA species of the family Caliscelidae Amyot et Serville, Caliscelis bonellii (Latreille, 1807), Family ISSIDAE described from Italy, also was introduced Subfamily ISSINAE from Southern Europe to California, U.S.A. Tribe ISSINI (O’Brien, 1967). In Italy Thionia simplex (Germar) was Genus Thionia Stål, 1859 collected on Ulmus laevis Pall. (Ulmaceae). Thionia simplex (Germar, 1830) In the U.S.A. this species was also recorded (Figs 1–3) from an elm, Ulmus alata Michx. (Wheeler & Wilson, 1988). However during two years Material examined. Italy, Lombardia, 20 km of an observation (September 2012 – Sep- N of Milan, Maresso (LC), 350 m: 3 females, tember 2014) no nymphs were found in Ita- 2.IX.2012, F. Poggi leg. (CFP); 2 males, 1 fe- ly at the place of invasion. This can indicate male, 15.IX.2012, F. Poggi leg. (CFP); 5 males, seve ral invasions by imago from the U.S.A. 6.IX.2014, F. Poggi leg. (ZIN); 5 males, 1 female, to Italy with any cargos, probably some or- 6.IX.2014, F. Poggi leg. (CFP). namental plants, without full development Remarks. Nine males and one female from the material listed above were col- and hibernation in Europe. However it can lected 6 September 2014 on a yellow out- also be caused by a lack of effective methods side house wall, one male was collected for finding nymphs. It is noteworthy that the 6 September 2014 at light, and two males collecting locality of T. simplex is the same as and four females were collected since 2 to for another Nearctic Auchenorrhyncha, the 15 September 2012 on Ulmus laevis Pall. No leafhopper from Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae, nymphs were collected. Jikradia olitoria (Say, 1830), also recently found in Europe (Nielson et al., 2014). Fur- ther study is needed to investigate the life DISCUSSION cycle of T. simplex and its possible pest im- Transcontinental invasions are very ex- portance in Italy and Europe. ceptional for the Issidae as a whole. Up to now there is just one issid species which has ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS crossed the Atlantic Ocean. This South Eu- We are glad to thank Dr Lois O’Brien (Tuc- ropean species, Agalmatium bilobum (Fieber, son, AZ, U.S.A.) and Dr Charles Bartlett (New- 1877), was found in California, U.S.A. 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