Corythucha arcuata (Say, 1832)

Çerçi, Bariş, Karataş, Ahmet & Karataş, Ayşegül, 2021, Insecta non gratae: New Distribution Records of Eight Alien Bug (Hemiptera) Species in Turkey with Contributions of Citizen Science, Zootaxa 5057 (1), pp. 1-28 : 4-6

Corythucha arcuata (Say, 1832) —Oak Lace Bug

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Distribution in Turkey ( Map 2 ): Amasya, Ankara, Artvin, Bilecik, Bolu, Bursa, Çankırı, Düzce, Edirne, Eskişehir, İstanbul, Kastamonu, Kocaeli, Mersin, Niğde, Sakarya, Samsun, Tekirdağ, Tokat, Zonguldak ( Mutun 2003; Mutun et al. 2009; Aytar et al. 2014; Küçükbasmacı 2014; Çerçi & Koçak 2016; Dursun & Fent 2017; Aysal & Kıvan 2018; M. Fent pers. comm.); Kırklareli, Trabzon (this study).

New records by citizen scientists in Turkey: 1. Bursa: İznik, 25.VIII.2015, 4.IX.2015, 18.IX.2015 ( Sancar 2015a –c); 2. Nilüfer, Ürünlü, 27.IX.2016 ( Biçici 2016a); 3. Eskişehir: (centre), 10.V.2021 ( Suna 2021a). 4.

İstanbul: Başakşehir, 17.IX.2015 (Uçar 2015); 5. Esenyurt, 11.VIII.2014, 23.VII.2016 ( Çerçi 2014a; 2016); 6. Pendik, 28.VIII.2020 ( Yıldız 2020); 7. Sancaktepe, 30.VIII.2019, 27.XI.2019 ( Coşkun 2019a,b); 8. Sancaktepe, 1.V.2020 ( Coşkun 2020a); 9. Sultangazi, 2.IX.2020 (GBIF.org 2021); 10. Ümraniye, Tatlısu, 08.VIII.2019 ( Ercin 2019a). 11. Kırklareli (centre), 20.V.2020 ( Akıncıoğlu 2020). 12. Samsun: Atakum, 19 Mayıs Üniv. Kampüsü, 11.XI.2019 ( Gökalp 2019). 13. Trabzon: Ortahisar, Ayvalı, 29.VII.2015 ( Aslan 2015).

Comments: C. arcuata is a North American species ( Rabitsch 2008). Its first record for Europe was given from Italy in 2000 ( Bernardinelli & Zandigiacomo 2000). The bug later spread to many other European countries including Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, France, Hungary, Croatia, Greece, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Switzerland, Ukraine, and also Iran ( Forster et al. 2005; Ghahari et al. 2010; Csóka et al. 2019). The first record in Turkey was given from Bolu Province in 2002 ( Mutun, 2003). The bug, called “meşe kaplanı” in Turkish, spread to almost all the neighbouring provinces in a few years ( Mutun et al. 2009). It reached Kastamonu in 2013 ( Küçükbasmacı 2014), Central Black Sea and Mediterranean regions of Turkey in 2014 ( Aytar et al. 2014). According to 17 new records from 13 localities, the activity period of C. arcuata ranges from May to November and it has been seen in August and September with a maximum of five records each (Graph 2).

GRAPH 2. Seasonality of Corythucha arcuata (Say, 1832) , based on records from Turkey.

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FIGURE 2. Corythucha arcuata (Say, 1832): A. Male specimen on an oak (Quercus sp.) leaf from İstanbul, B. Nymphs on an oak (Quercus sp.) leaf from the same locality.

MAP 2. Distribution of Corythucha arcuata (Say, 1832) in Turkey.