Detection of an invasive species Arion vulgaris Moquin-Tandon, 1855 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Arionidae) in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania

Autor:	Evgeniy V. Schikov, Yuriy E. Komarov
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Ecology Animal Science and Zoology Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Nature and Landscape Conservation
Zdroj:	Folia Malacologica. 29:222-228
ISSN:	2300-7125 1506-7629
DOI:	10.12657/folmal.029.026
Popis:	Arion vulgaris Moquin-Tandon is a serious agricultural pest. Its rapid spread started in the middle of the twentieth century. Currently, its range covers almost all of Western Europe and it is rapidly expanding to the east. A. vulgaris has been recorded in the Baltics, Ukraine, and central Russia; it is also found in the Faroe Islands. In 2009, it was discovered in Russia in the commercial greenhouses of Tver. Now it has spread in the suburbs and Moscow. On the 6th of August 2019, a population of this species was found in the arboretum of Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia which is the first record of A. vulgaris in the Caucasus. Description of the slug’s genitalia is given.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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