The distribution of Tropidothorax leucopterus in the Czech Republic and Slovakia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeidae)

Abstract

The past and recent occurrence of Tropidothorax leucopterus (Goeze, 1778) (Lygaeidae: Lygaeinae) in the Czech Republic and Slovakia is analysed, and the biology and ecology of the species are reviewed. It is recorded for the first time from Bohemia, which testifies to its current northward spread in Central Europe.

Keywords

• Heteroptera
• Lygaeidae
• Tropidothorax leucopterus
• Bohemia
• Moravia
• Czech Republic
• Slovakia
• Greece
• biology
• ecology
• range expansion