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First record of the invasive seed beetle Megabruchidius tonkineus (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Bruchinae) in Croatia

The invasive seed beetle Megabruchidius tonkineus (Pic, 1904) is an agricultural pest native to the east Asian region that was first recorded in Europe (Germany) in the 1980s. There are further recent reports of this species from Bulgaria, France, Hungary, Russia, Serbia and Switzerland. Megabruchidius tonkineus resides in the seed pods of Gleditsia triacanthos L. (Fabaceae) and is recorded for the first time in Croatia in our study. The general morphological, biological and distributional features of this invasive species are given.

Megabruchidius tonkineus ; invasive species ; new record ; seed pods ; Croatia

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