Ptilineurus marmoratus (Reitter, 1877)

Ruzzier, Enrico, Morin, Lucio, Zugno, Matteo, Tapparo, Andrea, Bani, Luciano & Di Giulio, Andrea, 2023, New records of non-native Coleoptera in Italy, Biodiversity Data Journal 11, pp. 111487-111487 : 111487

Ptilineurus marmoratus (Reitter, 1877)

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Davide Pedersoli; individualCount: 1; occurrenceID: 9D84AA13-EAE2-55A3-9AEB-1DDC4358CABE; Taxon : scientificName: Ptilineurus marmoratus (Reitter, 1877); family: Ptinidae ; Location : country: Italy; countryCode: IT; stateProvince: Lombardy; county: Brescia ; municipality: Esine ; decimalLatitude: 45.92741; decimalLongitude: 10.25646; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification : identifiedBy: Enrico Ruzzier ; Event : eventDate: 2022-06- 12 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Luca Cristiano; individualCount: 1; occurrenceID: 1CFB379D-F5FA-5665-915E-07E7C5FD86E3; Taxon : scientificName: Ptilineurus marmoratus (Reitter, 1877); family: Ptinidae ; Location : country: Italy; countryCode: IT; stateProvince: Piedmont; county: Asti ; municipality: Rocchetta Tanaro ; decimalLatitude: 44.8622778; decimalLongitude: 8.3246666; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification : identifiedBy: Enrico Ruzzier ; Event : eventDate: 2022-06-30

Distribution

Taxon native to China, Indonesia, Japan and introduced in Germany, Sweden and USA ( Zahradník 2012, Zahradník 2021, Jarzabek-Müller 2023); new species for the Italian fauna.

Notes

The two records, which occurred in different regions and in nature, clearly indicate the establishment of the species in the Italian territory. Ptilineurus marmoratus is a negligible pest in the countries of origin, where it has been recorded damaging stored grains ( Yan et al. 2010) or furnishings ( Yuasa and Onoe 1930).