20.500.12556/DKUM-87570 Eastward range expansion of the ragweed leaf beetle (Ophraella communa LeSage, 1986) (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) in Slovenia Ambrosia artemiisifolia is North American plant species established and invasive in Europe. In 2013 its natural enemy, chrysomelid beetle Ophraella communa was first recorded in Italy and Switzerland. Since then, it has been spreading spontaneously and unintentionally with transport across Europe. Until now, it has been recorded only in the southwestern part of Slovenia in 2017 and around Ljubljana in 2019. Here we report the first records of O. communa in the north-eastern part of Slovenia. Thirty-four sites with A. artemisiifolia stands were inspected for the presence of any developmental stage of O. communa. Adult beetles and all other developmental stages were registered at two distinct locations near the cities of Celje and Maribor in 2022. One case of predation of Zicrona caerulea on O. communa larva was also observed. invasive species Europe biocontrol Ambrosia artemisiifolia herbivory predation Zicrona caerulea invazivne vrste Evropa biokontrola ambrozija rastlinojedstvo plenjenje true true true Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre (REABIC) Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2024-03-21 07:44:49 2024-03-21 08:02:56 2024-03-25 11:27:35 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2023 0 0 Str. 615-623 Št. 2 Letn. 12 2023 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 2022-11-02 2023-03-19 2023-04-14 595.76 151588867 10.3391/bir.2023.12.2.24 2242-1300 Sipek-2023-Eastward_range_expansion_of_the_rag.pdf Sipek-2023-Eastward_range_expansion_of_the_rag.pdf 1 9F722354502F1A662D6CE4D15AF5E2C3 8ed4888e40bd5328b80ca885cce98de75e4249f909f99055e31379b254edf502 788683d0-e750-11ee-95b4-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=177166 https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2023.12.2.24 0 98dedeb9-e750-11ee-95b4-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=177167 Fakulteta za naravoslovje in matematiko 0 0 0