The first record of the invasive lady beetleHarmonia axyridis(Pallas, 1773) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in Turkey

Predators and parasitoids of the harlequin ladybird, Harmonia axyridis, in its native range and invaded areas

“…Until now H. axyridis has colonized extensive areas in North and South America, Europe, and to a lesser extent Africa (Brown et al 2011;Roy et al 2016;Camacho-Cervantes et al 2017). It has started to spread in some parts of western Asia (Orlova-Bienkowskaja 2014; Ukrainsky and OrlovaBienkowskaja 2014; Bukejs and Telnov 2015;Görür et al 2015;Roy et al 2016) and New Zealand (https:// www.mpi.govt.nz/document-vault/12261). In its invaded areas, H. axyridis can quickly become very common, posing a threat to native insect communities, especially to other ladybirds Grez et al 2016).…”

Insectum non grata: the harlequin ladybird, Harmoniaaxyridis (Pallas, 1773) (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) in Turkey

“…34) in 2013. A few months before the last, Bukejs and Telnov (2015) found the only individual of this species in Nevşehir province (loc. 90).…”

“…There are two publications (Aysal and Kıvan, 2014;Bukejs and Telnov, 2015) for the first records of this species in Turkey. Aysal and Kıvan (2014) collected samples in 2011-2012 in Tekirdağ province, the European part of the country, and Bukejs and Telnov (2015) found a single specimen in Göreme (Nevşehir prov.) in July 2013.…”

Faunistic and Zoogeographic Studies on the Family Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of Ankara province (Turkey)

“…Among these species, Coccinella septempunctata, Psyllobora viqintiduopunctata, Hyperaspis campestris, Propylea quatuordecimpunctata, Exochomus quadripustulatus, Adalia bipunctata, and Chilocorus renipustulatus were reported to be the most common species. Bukejs and Telnov [29] reported Harmonia axyridis (Pallas, 1773) as a new record in their study in Turkey. According to the present literature, the Coccinellidae fauna of Turkey is represented by 35 genera, and 117 species (including 13 endemic species) [17].…”

“…of detected species in geographical regions of Turkey and the Palaearctic region and its subregions. Geographical regions of Turkey: 1: Marmara Region, 2: Aegean Region, 3: Mediterranean Region, 4: Central Anatolian Region, 5: Blacksea Region, 6: Southeastern Anatolian Region, 7: Eastern Anatolian Region[1,8,11,15,16,17,29,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44); Subregions of Palaearctic: EE: Eastern Europe, WE: Western Europe, NE: Northern Europe, SE: Southern Europe, ME: Middle East, MA: Middle Asia türleri, SB: Siberia, FE: Far East, NA: North Africa.…”