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The First Record of the Alien Ladybug Harmonia axyridis Pall. 1773 (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) in Azerbaijan

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For the first time, data on the invasion of the Asian lady beetle Harmonia axyridis (Pallas, 1773) in Azerbaijan are presented. At the end of March 2019, two specimens of H. axyridis were collected in the forests formed by the trees of Parrotia persica (DC.) C.A. Mey near the border with Iran on the territory of the Hyrcanian National Park. The native range of the species includes the southeast of Western Siberia, the south of Eastern Siberia and the Far East, Northeastern Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, the Korean Peninsula, Japan, and Northern Vietnam. Now it is expanding worldwide. At the moment, H. axyridis is found in more than 50 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, and North and South America. The finding of the species in Azerbaijan shows that its invasion in the region continues.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The author expresses his gratitude to Marina Yakovlevna Orlova-Benkovskaya (Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia) for valuable advice and help in studying the material, Anna Sergeevna Khizhnyakova (head of the biological circle UIP at Moscow State University) for conducting the expedition, and also members of the UIP circle at the Faculty of Biology of Moscow State University for their help in collecting materials.

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This study carried out with the financial support of the Russian Science Foundation, project no. 16-14-10031.

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Mogilevich, T.A. The First Record of the Alien Ladybug Harmonia axyridis Pall. 1773 (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) in Azerbaijan. Russ J Biol Invasions 12, 79–82 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2075111721010100

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