Citizen science reveals the current distribution of the new plant pest Aphis nerii in Slovakia

Adrián Purkart, Łukasz Depa, Milada Holecová, Jozef Kollár, Martin Suvák, Zlatica Országhová and Katarína Goffová
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Adrián Purkart: Department of Zoology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Łukasz Depa: Department of Zoology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
Milada Holecová: Department of Zoology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Jozef Kollár: Institute of Landscape Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Martin Suvák: Botanical Garden of Pavol Jozef Šafárik University, Košice, Slovak Republic
Zlatica Országhová: Department of Zoology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Katarína Goffová: Department of Zoology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Plant Protection Science, 2020, vol. 56, issue 2, 101-106

Abstract: This paper presents the first record of the oleander aphid (Aphis nerii Boyer de Fonscolombe, 1841; Hemiptera: Aphididae) in Slovakia, and also one of the most northern record of this natural pest on the invasive common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca Linnaeus.; Apocynaceae) in Central Europe. Modern social media crowdsourcing has achieved comprehensive distribution data in the horticultural community, and a total of 35 new distribution sites were discovered in 28 Slovak settlements, one new site in Austria, and one in the Czech Republic. It was further established that the oleander aphid could survive in anthropogenic refuges during the winter months.

Keywords: oleander aphid; common milkweed; social crowdsourcing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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