Rhaphigaster nebulosa (Poda, 1761)

Aksenenko, E. V., Kondratyeva, A. M. & Musolin, D. L., 2021, The first record of Rhaphigaster nebulosa (Poda, 1761) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) for Voronezh Region and notes about the host-parasitic relationships with Cylindromyia bicolor (Olivier, 1812) (Diptera: Tachinidae), Russian Entomological Journal 30 (2), pp. 143-145 : 144

Rhaphigaster nebulosa (Poda, 1761)

MATERIAL. Russia: Voronezh Region, Voronezh, 1.XI.2010 — 1 spec., 10.X.2013 — 1 spec., 3.XI.2013 — 1 spec., 27.XI.2013 — 1 spec., 5.III.2014 — 1 spec., 26.III.2014 — 1 spec., 27.III.2014 — 1 spec., 19.IV.2014 — 1 spec., 28.IV.2014 — 1 spec., 17.V.2014 — 1 spec., 23.V.2014 — 1 spec., 6.VI.2014 — 1 spec., 10.VI.2014 — 1 spec., 15.VIII.2014 — 3 spec., 8.IX.2014 — 2 spec., 10.IX.2014 — 3 spec., 1.X.2014 — 1 spec., 8.X.2014 — 1 spec., 10.X.2014 — 1 spec., 20.XI.2014 — 2 spec., 2.XII.2014 — 1 spec., 9.XII.2014 — 1 spec., 10.III.2015 — 1 spec., 11.III.2015 — 2 spec., 14.III.2015 — 1 spec., 17.III.2015 — 3 spec., 19.III.2015 — 2 spec., 20.III.2015 — 1 spec., 24.III.2015 — 2 spec., 27.III.2015 — 2 spec., 8.IV.2015 — 1 spec., 10.IV.2015 — 2 spec., 13.IV.2015 — 1 spec., 27.IV.2015 — 1 spec., 20.V.2015 — 3 spec., 29.V.2015 — 1 spec., 3.VI.2015 — 1 spec., 10.VI.2015 — 1 spec., 10.VIII.2015 — 1 spec., 13.VIII.2015 — 2 spec., 23.IX.2015 — 2 spec., 14.X.2015 — 2 spec., 20.X.2015 — 3 spec., 5.XI.2015 — 1 spec., 20.XII.2015 — 2 spec., 20.II.2016 — 1 spec., 9.III.2016 — 1 spec., 3.X.2016 — 1 spec., 6.V.2017 — 2 spec. (pentatomids were infested by tachinid flies) , 12.III.2020 — 1 spec., 15.IV.2020 — 1 spec.

REMARKS. Dendrobiont. This pentatomid feeds and lives on willows ( Salix sp. ), poplars ( Populus sp. ), and hazel ( Corylus sp. ). It is usually recorded on fruit trees and bushes in Ukraine [ Putchkov, 1961]. However, a number of authors draw attention to possible errors in the establishment of trophic links, since some of the recorded plants might be only random plants used by adults to rest just before leaving for overwintering microhabitats [e.g., Bantock et al., 2011]. Univoltine, overwinters at the adult stage.