2021 Ecosystem Transformation 4 (4), 3-6

Harmonia axyridis (Pallas, 1773) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) – expansion to the north: first records of invasion species in Yaroslavl and Novgorod Regions

Sazhnev A.S.  , Vlasov D.V., Rusinov A.A., Titov V.D.

The paper gives information on the invasion of Harmonia axyridis (Pallas, 1773) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) into the north of the European part of Russia. The Asian ladybird is recorded for the first time from the Novgorod and Yaroslavl Regions. All records of this alien species from European Russia and the Northern Caucasus are listed.

A. S. Sazhnev
I.D. Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences, senior research scientist
Borok 109, Nekouz District, Yaroslavl Region, 152742 Russia

PhD in Biology
sazh@list.ru

D. V. Vlasov
Yaroslavl State Historical-Architectural and Art Museum-Reserve
Bogoyavlenskaya ploshchad 25, Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Region, 150000 Russia


A. A. Rusinov
P.G. Demidov Yaroslavl State University
ul. Sovetskaya 14, Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Region, 150003 Russia


V. D. Titov
Administration of the Rostov District of Yaroslavl Region
Sovetskaya ploshchad 15, Yaroslavl Region, Rostov, 152151 Russia

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