Meligethes viridescens (Fabricius, 1797)

Majka, Christopher, Webster, Reginald & Cline, Andrew, 2008, New records of Nitidulidae and Kateretidae (Coleoptera) from New Brunswick, Canada, ZooKeys 2 (2), pp. 337-356 : 349-350

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.2.23
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3793317
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FF87FC-1659-4815-3BBD-4B36FC2F937A
treatment provided by	Plazi (2020-04-27 05:25:08, last updated 2024-11-25 19:37:48)
scientific name	Meligethes viridescens (Fabricius, 1797)
status

Treatment

Charlotte Co.: near Maces Bay, 45.1245°N, 66.4735°W, 12.VIII.2007, R.P. Webster, Barrier (sea) beach, sweeping vegetation, (14, NBM, RWC).

Majka and Cline (2006) documented the introduction history of this species in North America. The species has previously been reported from Maine, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Québec ( Hoebeke and Wheeler 1996; Mason et al. 2003), and is found throughout most of Europe, western North Africa, Turkey, the northern Middle East, the Caucasus, and northern Iran east to western Kazakhstan. Larvae feed on many genera of Brassicaceae , particularly Brassica spp., Sinapis spp., Cardamine spp., Arabis spp., and Erucastrum spp. ( Kirk-Spriggs 1996, Majka and Cline 2006). In Europe, it is a widespread and common pest of oilseed rape ( Brassica napus L. and Brassica rapa L.) ( Mason et al. 2003). In Nova Scotia it has frequently been found on wild radish ( Raphanus raphanistrum L., Brassicaceae ) ( Majka and Cline 2006) and R.P. Webster swept specimens from nettles ( Urtica sp., Urticaceae ) in Maine.

References

Hoebeke ER, Wheeler AG (1996) Meligethes viridescens (F.) (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) in Maine, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island: diagnosis, distribution, and bionomics of a Palearctic species new to North America. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 98: 221 - 227.

Kirk-Spriggs AH (1996) Pollen Beetles, Coleoptera: Kateretidae and Nitidulidae: Meligethinae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol 5, Part 6 a. Royal Entomological Society of London, 157 pp.

Majka CG, Cline AR (2006) Th e Nitidulidae and Kateretidae (Coleoptera) of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. Th e Canadian Entomologist 138: 314 - 332.

Mason PG, Olfert O, Sluchinski L, Weiss RM, Boudreault C, Grossrieder M, Kuhlmann U (2003) Actual and potential distribution of an invasive canola pest, Meligethes viridescens (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae), in Canada. Th e Canadian Entomologist 135: 405 - 413.