Updated distribution of the invasive Megachile sculpturalis (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in Italy and its first record on a Mediterranean island

Megachile sculpturalis (Smith, 1853) (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) is an invasive solitary bee that is rapidly spreading all over Europe. The present study aims to update the distribution of this species in Italy. The research led to the collection of 177 records, obtained through bibliographic resear...

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Autores principales: Ruzzier, Enrico, Menchetti, Mattia, Bortolotti, Laura, Selis, Marco, Monterastelli, Elisa, Forbicioni, Leonardo
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Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7714772/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33281473
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e57783
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author Ruzzier, Enrico
Menchetti, Mattia
Bortolotti, Laura
Selis, Marco
Monterastelli, Elisa
Forbicioni, Leonardo
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Menchetti, Mattia
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description Megachile sculpturalis (Smith, 1853) (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) is an invasive solitary bee that is rapidly spreading all over Europe. The present study aims to update the distribution of this species in Italy. The research led to the collection of 177 records, obtained through bibliographic research and data-mining from websites, blogs and social networks. We here present the first record of M. sculpturalis on a Mediterranean island and discuss its possible effect on the native ecosystem. Given the particular discovery of M. sculpturalis on Elba Island (Tuscany), we suggest possible monitoring, containment and possible eradication measures of the species.
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spelling pubmed-77147722020-12-04 Updated distribution of the invasive Megachile sculpturalis (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in Italy and its first record on a Mediterranean island Ruzzier, Enrico Menchetti, Mattia Bortolotti, Laura Selis, Marco Monterastelli, Elisa Forbicioni, Leonardo Biodivers Data J Research Article Megachile sculpturalis (Smith, 1853) (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) is an invasive solitary bee that is rapidly spreading all over Europe. The present study aims to update the distribution of this species in Italy. The research led to the collection of 177 records, obtained through bibliographic research and data-mining from websites, blogs and social networks. We here present the first record of M. sculpturalis on a Mediterranean island and discuss its possible effect on the native ecosystem. Given the particular discovery of M. sculpturalis on Elba Island (Tuscany), we suggest possible monitoring, containment and possible eradication measures of the species. Pensoft Publishers 2020-11-26 /pmc/articles/PMC7714772/ /pubmed/33281473 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e57783 Text en Enrico Ruzzier, Mattia Menchetti, Laura Bortolotti, Marco Selis, Elisa Monterastelli, Leonardo Forbicioni http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Ruzzier, Enrico
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Selis, Marco
Monterastelli, Elisa
Forbicioni, Leonardo
Updated distribution of the invasive Megachile sculpturalis (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in Italy and its first record on a Mediterranean island
title Updated distribution of the invasive Megachile sculpturalis (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in Italy and its first record on a Mediterranean island
title_full Updated distribution of the invasive Megachile sculpturalis (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in Italy and its first record on a Mediterranean island
title_fullStr Updated distribution of the invasive Megachile sculpturalis (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in Italy and its first record on a Mediterranean island
title_full_unstemmed Updated distribution of the invasive Megachile sculpturalis (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in Italy and its first record on a Mediterranean island
title_short Updated distribution of the invasive Megachile sculpturalis (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) in Italy and its first record on a Mediterranean island
title_sort updated distribution of the invasive megachile sculpturalis (hymenoptera: megachilidae) in italy and its first record on a mediterranean island
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7714772/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33281473
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e57783
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