Dinoderus (Dinoderastes) japonicus Lesne , 1895

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

Dinoderus (Dinoderastes) japonicus Lesne, 1895

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Lucio Morin; individualCount: 1; occurrenceID: 3FDA78E1-BEA0-5E32-AB07-6E9C35C04C2F; Taxon : scientificName: Dinoderus japonicus Lesné, 1895; family: Bostrichidae ; Location : country: Italy; countryCode: IT; stateProvince: Friuli Venezia Giulia ; locality: Ronchi dei Legionari ; decimalLatitude: 45.824285; decimalLongitude: 13.495115; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification : identifiedBy: Enrico Ruzzier ; Event : eventDate: 2020-05- 1 Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Enrico Ruzzier; individualCount: 1; occurrenceID: BDCD3FCA-A8F4-508F-A50E-FBEE98D010A5; Taxon : scientificName: Dinoderus japonicus Lesné, 1895; family: Bostrichidae ; Location : country: Italy; countryCode: IT; stateProvince: Veneto; locality: Altavilla Vicentina ; decimalLatitude: 45.521738; decimalLongitude: 11.478075; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification : identifiedBy: Enrico Ruzzier ; Event : eventDate: 2021-08-05

Distribution

Species native to China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan, recorded multiple times in Austria, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland and the Netherlands; observations indicate established populations only in France ( Brustel and Aberlenc 2014), Italy ( Nardi et al. 2015) and, more recently, in the Caucasus ( Bieńkowski and Orlova-Bienkowskaja 2017).

Notes

The recollection of the single specimen in Ronchi dei Legionari, in nature, suggests the existence of an established population in the area. However, given the close vicinity of the Monfalcone port, a well-known port of entry for non-native species ( Rassati et al. 2014), it might be possible that the specimen would be the result of a recent introduction. The specimen recollected in Altavilla Vicentina was found already dead inside a DIY store, suggesting its introduction via bamboo products.