Urban areas are favouring the spread of an alien mud-dauber wasp into climatically non-optimal latitudes

Polidori, Carlo; García-Gila, Jaime; Blasco-Aróstegui‍, Javier; Gil‐Tapetado, Diego

doi:10.1016/j.actao.2020.103678

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“…This substantial influence on city climate can affect plant community densities and advance their phenology in addition to affecting insect characteristics such as physiology and abundance. The UHI effect has facilitated the movement of other insects including the exotic wasp species Sceliphron curvatum into warmer urban regions [ 56 ]. Such movements of alien species may also occur among bees; however, further studies should be conducted as some reports have suggested urban warming has no influence on exotic bees [ 57 ].…”

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Supporting Bees in Cities: How Bees Are Influenced by Local and Landscape Features

Ayers

Rehan

2021

Insects

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Urbanization is a major anthropogenic driver of decline for ecologically and economically important taxa including bees. Despite their generally negative impact on pollinators, cities can display a surprising degree of biodiversity compared to other landscapes. The pollinating communities found within these environments, however, tend to be filtered by interacting local and landscape features that comprise the urban matrix. Landscape and local features exert variable influence on pollinators within and across taxa, which ultimately affects community composition in such a way that contributes to functional trait homogenization and reduced phylogenetic diversity. Although previous results are not easily generalizable, bees and pollinators displaying functional trait characteristics such as polylectic diet, cavity-nesting behavior, and later emergence appear most abundant across different examined cities. To preserve particularly vulnerable species, most notably specialists that have become underrepresented within city communities, green spaces like parks and urban gardens have been examined as potential refuges. Such spaces are scattered across the urban matrix and vary in pollinator resource availability. Therefore, ensuring such spaces are optimized for pollinators is imperative. This review examines how urban features affect pollinators in addition to ways these green spaces can be manipulated to promote greater pollinator abundance and diversity.

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Supporting Bees in Cities: How Bees Are Influenced by Local and Landscape Features

Ayers

Rehan

2021

Insects

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“…Through the rediscovery of P. signaticollis described here, we hope that this type of work will increase the interest in studying beetles and emphasize the importance of scientific collections in natural history museums. This work again underlines the importance of citizen science and photo-sharing platforms that can provide a wealth of data for the detection, monitoring and study of native species as well as exotic and invasive species [8,10].…”

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“…Invasive alien species represent one of the main causes of biodiversity loss [7], and due to globalization and the consequent transport of goods, an increasing number of new species are being introduced into new territories [8][9][10]. Detecting and reporting nonnative species are the first steps to be able to implement curative measures and prevent their spread in allochthonous territory.…”

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Quick Spreading of Populations of an Exotic Firefly throughout Spain and Their Recent Arrival in the French Pyrenees

Koken¹,

Guzmán-Álvarez²,

Gil‐Tapetado

et al. 2022

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In August 2018, a firefly (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) of American origin was observed in several localities in Girona (Catalonia, Spain) and was described as Photinus immigrans by Zaragoza-Caballero and Vinolas, 2018. Here, we show that this species dispersed very quickly throughout northeastern Spain and was, in 2020, observed in the French Pyrenees. The animal’s quick progress is documented, and part of its biology is described (dispersion speed, land use, phenology, identification of all life stages). An additional population was localized in Extremadura, and its special status is discussed. We were able to determine its Argentinian–Uruguayan origin and propose, therefore, to consider Photinus immigrans as a synonym of Photinus signaticollis (Blanchard, 1846) (=Photinus immigrans Zaragoza-Caballero and Viñolas, 2018, syn. nov.). Our data clearly show that at least the Catalan and French populations are spreading very quickly and are able to settle permanently if adequate ecosystems are found. The species is highly expansive and may well be invasive; our citizen science platforms are ideally suited to monitor their progress throughout Spain and France. This is important for avoiding future ecological problems with diverse native faunas, such as glow-worms, fireflies and earthworms. If no ways are found to stop the species’ progression, the animals will quite probably invade substantial areas of France, Spain and the rest of Europe in the years to come.

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“…We kept 207 occurrence points (literature + our 2020 records) to develop all of the analyses on the climatic niche and the potential distribution, whereas the 18 occurrence points recorded through the 2021 sampling were used for a posteriori validation of the final model (see below), a method used recently in a similar study. 29 …”

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“…50 The average consensus model based on 100 iterations of these six algorithms was used to predict the potential distribution of the species. 29 Background and pseudoabsences were constructed through a simple environmental coverage model with only presences, performed with the range between the maximum and minimum values of each selected variable. 51 Areas habitable to L. lusitanica were those areas that had all their values within the maximum and minimum range of each selected variable and such areas were used to establish the background points.…”

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The leaf beetle Labidostomis lusitanica (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) as an Iberian pistachio pest: projecting risky areas

Gómez

Gil‐Tapetado

García-Gila

et al. 2021

Pest Management Science

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BACKGROUND: Pistachio (Pistacia vera L.) is a commercially important tree in the Mediterranean basin, where there is a considerable increase in cultivation, especially in Spain. Because of its recent introduction as a crop in the country (1980s), studies on the pests of pistachio in Spain are still rare. Here, we studied the leaf beetle Labidostomis lusitanica (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), which was observed on pistachio and might become a serious pest under the expanding Spanish pistachio fields. Because early detection of pests is extremely important to properly plan control strategies, we (i) updated the information on the distribution of the species through samplings and surveys, and (ii) modelled its potential distribution. RESULTS: Currently, L. lusitanica occurs across the whole Iberian Peninsula, especially in its southern and eastern parts, with adults on flight roughly from late April to early June. Analysis of climatic niches showed that L. lusitanica prefers dry and hot areas, which are conditions found especially in the central-southern parts of the Iberian Peninsula. Such highly suitable areas for this pest overlap considerably with the suitable areas for pistachio cultivation. Surveys of pistachio growers weakly suggested a higher pest attack probability, but, unexpectedly, a lower perceived impact in very suitable areas for L. lusitanica, suggesting that other factors may shape its pest potential in a complex way. CONCLUSION: In line with what has been observed for other Labidostomis species on pistachio in other Mediterranean countries, L. lusitanica has a good potential to harm pistachio production in Spain, claiming for further investigations and prevention strategies.

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Urban areas are favouring the spread of an alien mud-dauber wasp into climatically non-optimal latitudes

Cited by 20 publications

References 59 publications

Supporting Bees in Cities: How Bees Are Influenced by Local and Landscape Features

Supporting Bees in Cities: How Bees Are Influenced by Local and Landscape Features

Quick Spreading of Populations of an Exotic Firefly throughout Spain and Their Recent Arrival in the French Pyrenees

The leaf beetle Labidostomis lusitanica (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) as an Iberian pistachio pest: projecting risky areas

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