Deroceras reticulatum (Müller, 1774)

Description

Martín et al. (2009), Thomas et al. (2010).

Distribution

Native to Europe and currently found in most of North America and many temperate and subtropical countries (Boyko and Cordeiro 2001). In Chile this species has been found from Valparaíso to Tierra del Fuego (Valdovinos 1999) and in the Juan Fernández Archipelago and Easter Island (Boyko and Cordeiro 2001.). The first record of this species in Chile was by Stuardo and Vega (1985).

Possible mechanism of introduction/Status

Human transportation/established (Letelier and Ramos 2002)

Remarks

Herbivore, agricultural pest (Hausdorf 2002). This species has also been identified as an intermediate host of nematode parasites Angiostrongylus costaricensis Morera and Cespedes, 1971 and Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Chen, 1933) (Maurer et al. 2002) . EA, NA, I.