Harmonia axyridis
Authors/Creators
- 1. " Grigore Antipa " National Museum of Natural History, Kiseleff Road no. 1, 011341 Bucharest, Romania & University of Bucharest, Faculty of Biology, Splaiul Independenței 91 - 95, Bucharest, R- 050095, Romania
- 2. Laboratory of Interdisciplinary Research on the Marine Environment and Marine Terrestrial Atmosphere, Al. I. Cuza University of Iasi, Prof. Dr. Ioan Borcea Marine Biological Station, Nicolae Titulescu str. no. 163, Agigea, Constanţa, Romania & Doctoral School of Biology, Faculty of Biology, " Alexandru Ioan Cuza " University of IaȘi, Carol I Avenue, 20 A, 700505 IaȘi, Romania
- 3. Romanian Academy, Calea Victoriei no. 125, 010071 Bucharest, Romania
- 4. Department of Science, Roma Tre University, Viale G. Marconi 446, 00146 Rome, Italy
Description
Harmonia axyridis (Pallas 1773)
Materials examined. Bacău County: Târgu Ocna, 46.2808°N / 26.6103°E, 23. V.2023, photo by Alexandru-Mihai Pintilioaie (1 specimen, not collected); Bacău County: ComăneȘti, 46.4261°N / 26.4432°E, 10.VIII.2023, photo by Alexandru-Mihai Pintilioaie (1 exuvia, not collected); Constanța County: near Ion Corvin, 44.0868°N / 27.8136°E, under bark of dead Ulmus in 25.III.2022, photo by Cosmin-Ovidiu Manci (several tens of specimens, not collected); Constanța County: “Dunele Marine de la Agigea” Nature Reserve, 44.0876°N / 28.6422°E, 5.XI.2023, photo by Alexandru-Mihai Pintilioaie (1 specimen, not collected); same location, 1.XII.2023, photo by Alexandru-Mihai Pintilioaie (1 specimen, not collected); Dolj county: near Zăval: Zăval Forest, 43.8394°N / 23.8478°E, 30. V.2023, photo by Cosmin-Ovidiu Manci (several specimens, not collected); Ilfov county: BucureȘti, 44.4142°N / 26.1890°E, 14.XI.2023, photo by Alexandru-Mihai Pintilioaie (1 specimen, not collected); Neamț county: Poiana Teiului, 47.1150°N / 25.9253°E, 20. V.2023, photo by Alexandru-Mihai Pintilioaie (1 specimen, not collected); same place, 4.VIII.2023, photo by Alexandru-Mihai Pintilioaie (1 exuvia, not collected); TimiȘ county: near Sânandrei, 45.8305°N / 21.1871°E, larvae on Populus and Salix eatings aphids in 3. VI.2023, photo by Cosmin-Ovidiu Manci (several specimens, not collected).
Remarks. Originally from Northeast Asia (Sasaji 1971), now cosmopolitan. Introduced in Europe as a biological control agent for pest insects, including aphids and scale insects (cf. Iperti & Bertand 2001; Cornacchia & Nardi 2012), this species has since spread and increased in number dramatically, evolving into an invasive species (Roy et al. 2006). In Romania, it was first recorded by Ruicănescu & Alexandru (2009). Currently, it is a widespread species across the country; however, there are few published records of its current distribution.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Pallas
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Coccinellidae
- Genus
- Harmonia
- Species
- axyridis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Harmonia axyridis (Pallas, 1773) sec. Drăghici, Pintilioaie, Murariu, Manci & Ruzzier, 2025
References
- Sasaji, H. (1971) Fauna Japonica Coccinellidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). Academic Press of Japan, Keigaku Pub. Co., Ltd., Tokyo, 340 pp.
- Iperti, G. & Bertand, E. (2001) Hibernation of Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in South-Eastern France. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae, 65 (3), 207 - 210.
- Cornacchia. P. & Nardi, G. (2012) Nuovi dati su Harmonia axyridis in Italia (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae). Bollettino dell'Associazione Romana di Entomologia, 67 (1 - 4), 51 - 68.
- Roy, H., Brown, P. & Majerus, M. (2006) Harmonia axyridis: a successful biocontrol agent or an invasive threat? In: Eilenberg, J. & Hokkanen, H. (Eds.), An Ecological and Societal Approach to Biological Control. Progress in Biological Control. Vol. 2. Springer, Dordrecht, pp. 295 - 309. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / 978 - 1 - 4020 - 4401 - 4 _ 15
- Ruicanescu, A. & Alexandru, C. (2009) Buburuza asiatica, Harmonia axyridis Pallas, 1773 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) - specie invaziva in Romania. In: Rakosy, L. & Momeu, L. (Eds.), Neobiota in Romania, Presa Universitara Clujeana, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, pp. 155 - 158.