Plant Protect. Sci., 2020, 56(2):101-106 | DOI: 10.17221/46/2019-PPS

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

Adrián Purkart1, Łukasz Depa2, Milada Holecová1, Jozef Kollár3, Martin Suvák4, Zlatica Országhová1, Katarína Goffová*,1
1 Department of Zoology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
2 Department of Zoology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
3 Institute of Landscape Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
4 Botanical Garden of Pavol Jozef ©afárik University, Koąice, Slovak Republic

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

Published: June 30, 2020  Show citation

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Purkart A, Depa Ł, Holecová M, Kollár J, Suvák M, Országhová Z, Goffová K. Citizen science reveals the current distribution of the new plant pest Aphis nerii in Slovakia. Plant Protect. Sci. 2020;56(2):101-106. doi: 10.17221/46/2019-PPS.
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