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IUCN RED LIST TRAINING COURSEIUCN SSC Ladybird Specialist Group10 – 11 SEPTEMBER 2018

BENEFITS AND RISKS OF EXOTIC BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTSIOBC-WPRS Working Group Meeting12 – 14 SEPTEMBER 2018Amphitheaters Building | Ponta Delgada campus University of the Azores

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MEETING VENUE: CAMPUS OF PONTA DELGADA, UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES 4

ABOUT IUCN RED LIST TRAINING COURSE FOR THE LADYBIRD SPECIALIST GROUP 7

IUCN RED LIST TRAINING COURSE PROGRAM 8

ABOUT THE IOBC MEETING BENEFITS AND RISKS OF EXOTIC BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS 11

IOBC WORKING GROUP MEETING PROGRAM 12

ABSTRACTS OF ORAL PRESENTATIONS 17

ABSTRACTS OF POSTER PRESENTATIONS 45

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IUCN RED LIST TRAINING COURSE | IOBC WORKING GROUP MEETING

MEETING VENUE: CAMPUS OF PONTA DELGADA, UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES

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IUCN RED LIST TRAINING COURSE

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ABOUT IUCN RED LIST TRAINING COURSE FOR THE LADYBIRD SPECIALIST GROUP

THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

• JOHN LOSEY (Cornell University, USA) [email protected]• AXEL HOCHKIRCH (Trier University, Germany) [email protected]• PETER BROWN (Anglia Ruskin University, UK) [email protected]• HELEN ROY (NERC CEH, UK) [email protected]• ANTÓNIO ONOFRE SOARES (University of the Azores, Portugal) [email protected]• ENÉSIMA MENDONÇA (University of the Azores, Portugal) Secretary [email protected]

ABOUT THIS TRAINING COURSEFollowing the proposal to establish an IUCN SSC Ladybird Specialist Group, led by John Losey (Department of Entomology, Cornell University), one of the expected key activities is to assess the IUCN Red List status of ladybird species (through the application of IUCN Red List categories and criteria).The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is widely recognized as the most comprehensive, objective glob-al approach for evaluating the conservation status of plant and animal species. It plays a prominent role in guiding conservation activities of governments, NGOs and scientific institutions. Red List assessments help to identify species with a high extinction risk as well as the major threats to species. They also help to identify knowledge gaps. IUCN Red List assessments thus help to highlight species that require either conservation action or more research (including taxonomic, ecological or conservation-related research).This two day training course is targeted at scientists and professionals preparing to conduct IUCN Red List assessments for Ladybird species. It will focus on how the IUCN Red List criteria can be applied to insect species, particularly considering cases with insufficient data availability.

AIMThis practical training course intends to i) offer an introduction to the use of the IUCN Red List categories and criteria and ii) provide a forum for discussion of examples of best practices to address the key conser-vation issues included in the proposal of IUCN SSC Ladybird Specialist Group.

SCIENTIFIC TRAINERAXEL HOCHKIRCH is chair of the IUCN SSC Invertebrate Conservation Sub-Committee and co-chair of the IUCN SSC Grasshopper Specialist Group. He has a PhD in Zoology (University of Bremen, Germany) and is currently work-ing as associate professor at Trier University (Department of Biogeography). His research focus is biodiversity research (including evolutionary, ecological, behavioural, biogeographical, genetic and conservation studies). Since 2014, he is IUCN Red List Trainer.

ProgramIUCN RED LIST TRAINING COURSE

10 SEPTEMBER 2018 MONDAY

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SESSION 7: RED LIST CRITERIA C, D AND E

SESSION 8: SELECTING THE FINAL RED LIST CATEGORY & CRITERIA

SESSION 9: WRAP-UP, QUESTIONS AND PLENARY DISCUSSION

Presentation: Criteria C, D & E Discussion and Questions

Presentation: The Final Category and Criteria Exercise: Learning the Red List Categories & Criteria – Criterion C,D and E & Final assessment

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SESSION 1: WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION TO THE WORKSHOPPARTICIPANTS RECEPTION

SESSION 2: FROM RAW DATA TO RED LIST

SESSION 3: KEY TERMS & CONCEPTS USED IN THE RED LIST CRITERIA

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SESSION 5: RED LIST CRITERION A

SESSION 4: RED LIST CATEGORIES AND CRITERIA

SESSION 6: RED LIST CRITERION B

Welcoming Remarks (António Onofre Soares, John Losey, Axel Hochkirch) Workshop objectives, schedule, methodology Participant introductions

Presentation: An introduction to the IUCN Red List Presentation: The Red List assessment process and role of the Red List assessor

Presentation: Definitions of terms used in the Red List Criteria Exercise: Terms used in the Red List Criteria

Exercise: Terms used in the Red List Criteria (continued)

Presentation: Criterion A Exercise: Using the IUCN Red List Criteria – Criterion A

Presentation: Presentation: The IUCN Red List Categories Presentation: Data quality and uncertainty Presentation: Introduction to the Criteria and Summary Sheet

Presentation: Criterion B Exercise: Learning the Red List Categories & Criteria – Criterion B

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SESSION 10: ASSESSING SPECIES FOR THE IUCN RED LIST

SESSION 11: SUPPORTING INFORMATION FOR RED LIST ASSESSMENTS

SESSION 13: RED LIST MAPPING PROTOCOLS

SESSION 15: DISCOVERING SIS

SESSION 12: TO PUBLISH OR NOT TO PUBLISH?

SESSION 14: DATA STORAGE - THE IUCN SPECIES INFORMATION SYSTEM (SIS)

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Summary of day 1 & outline of day 2

Exercise: Global Assessments – case studies

Presentation: Importance of supporting information for Red List assessments

Presentation: Mapping standards for IUCN Red List Assessments Demonstration: Available tools for mapping

Exercise: Discovering SIS – Entering data and assessing species in SIS

Exercise: How to review assessments

Presentation: Introduction to SIS – a treasure chest of Red List data Demonstration: SIS demonstration

Open discussion session Wrap-up, discussion and reflections on the workshop Closing remarks

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ABOUT THE IOBC MEETINGBENEFITS AND RISKS OF EXOTIC BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS

This meeting is targeted at scientists and professionals working with benefits and risks of exotic biological control agents.

THE MEETING AIMS TO ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING AREAS

• To assess the characteristics of exotic natural enemies which are considered to be successful biological control agents

• To assess the characteristics of exotic natural enemies introduced into a country as biological control agents which subsequently become invasive alien species

• To highlight research areas requiring attention and develop strategies for supporting priority research• Ongoing development of guidelines on assessing environmental benefits and risks of releasing

exotic biological control agents to increase cogency of decision making on classical biological control initiatives

THE 2018 MEETING WILL BE THE FOURTH MEETING OF THIS GROUP. THE PREVIOUS MEETINGS WERE AS FOLLOWS

• Engelberg, Switzerland (2009)• Hluboká, Czech Republic (2011)• Bornholm, Denmark (2015)

THE SCIENTIFIC AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEES

• ANTÓNIO ONOFRE SOARES (University of the Azores, Portugal) [email protected]• PETER BROWN (Anglia Ruskin University, UK) [email protected]• HELEN ROY (NERC CEH, UK) [email protected]• ISABEL BORGES (University of the Azores, Portugal) [email protected]• AUDREY GREZ (Universidad de Chile, Chile) [email protected]• PETER MASON (Ottawa Research and Development Centre, Canada) [email protected]• ENÉSIMA MENDONÇA (University of the Azores, Portugal) Secretary [email protected]

ProgramIOBC WORKING GROUP MEETING

12 SEPTEMBER 2018 WEDNESDAY

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OPENING CEREMONYPARTICIPANTS RECEPTION

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REGULATION, SOCIETY & RISK ASSESSMENT SESSION

JOÃO ANTÓNIO FERREIRA PONTE Regional Secretary for Agriculture and ForestryPATRÍCIA V. GARCIA Director of the Faculty of Sciences and TechnologyJOÃO LUÍS GASPAR Rector of the University of the AzoresHELEN E. ROY Working Group ConvenorPETER M. J. BROWN Deputy of the Working Group

ANTÓNIO O. SOARES - Assessing the effect of climatic conditions on the restriction of biological invasions: the case of Harmonia axyridis in the Azores

DANNY HAELEWATERS - Hesperomyces “harmoniae” nom. prov. (Laboulbeniales), an ectoparasitic fungus specific to Harmonia axyridis

OLGA M. C. C. AMEIXA - Factors influencing the introduction and spread of Harmonia axyridis in the Iberian Peninsula

IRINA GORYACHEVA - Polymorphism of invasive and native Harmonia axyridis populations on the mitochondrial COI gene

HELEN E. ROY - Unravelling the Ecology of Non-Native Species to Inform European Strategy

AXEL HOCHKIRCH - Ladybirds as new actors in the IUCN conservation agenda

JANA COLLATZ - Risk and benefit assessment of biological control agents in Switzerland: A case study with Trichopria drosophilae

JAMES R. MIKSANEK - Evaluating the risks and benefits of Aphelinus certus, an introduced enemy of soybean aphid, in North America: Integrating ecosystem-level effects into the decision-making process

ANTOON J. M. LOOMANS - Predatory mites (Phytoseiidae) found during import inspections and surveys outdoors in the Netherlands

Chair’s - RACHEL FARROW & PETER M. J. BROWN

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TIM HAYE - Fundamental host range of Trissolcus japonicus, a potential biological control agent of the brown marmorated stink bug in Europe

ANDREI D. ORLINSKI - EPPO approach to assessment of benefits and risks associated with non-indigenous biological control agents

HELEN E. ROY - Engaging people in surveillance and monitoring of non-native species

Plenary session: LUÍS SILVA - Challenges to the management of invasive species in the Azores with a special focus on plant invaders

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13 SEPTEMBER 2018 THURSDAY

09H00 - 11H50 BIOCONTROL SESSION

ISABEL BORGES - Ecosystem services provided by the native predator Scymnus nubilus Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) against aphids on forestry nurseries

ZUZANA ŠTÍPKOVÁ - How much is aphid population dynamics affected by their natural enemies? A Greek example

PAVEL KINDLMANN - How much is aphid population dynamics affected by their natural enemies? A modelling exercise

DOROTHY HAYDEN - Field investigations of the invasive leaf beetle pest P. selmani and laboratory based evaluation of the candidate biological control agent E. nassaui

OLDA NEDVĚD - Age and temperature effects on accumulation of carotenoids in ladybirds

Chair’s - ISABEL BORGES & OLDA NEDVĚD

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AUDREY A. GREZ - Field and laboratory evidence of mechanisms explaining the dominance of Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) in alfalfa in Chile

RACHEL FARROW - Ecological effects of the invasive coccinellid, Harmonia axyridis, in East Anglia, UK

PETER M. J. BROWN - Ladybird community change induced by the harlequin ladybird Harmonia axyridis: evidence from a long term field study in the UK

AUDREY A. GREZ - Composition and functional traits of coccinellids in greenspaces vary with landscape urbanization

JOHN LOSEY - The impact of Asian ladybird beetles on humans and other non-target spcecies

Chair’s - DANNY HAELEWATERS & JOHN LOSEY

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CATARINA AFONSO - Anagonia sp. (Dip. Tachinidae) a potential biological control agent of Gonipterus platensis (Col. Curculionidae) in the Iberian Peninsula

DAVID J. H. LOPES - Strategy for the development of organic agriculture and plan of action to increase the production and promotion of organic products in the Azores Autonomous Region

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CHALLENGES TO THE MANAGEMENT OF INVASIVE SPECIES IN THE AZORES WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON PLANT INVADERS

SILVA L.1

1 - InBIO, Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, CIBIO-Açores, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade dos Açores, 9501-801 Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal

Despite an important component of endemic species, the native Azorean flora and fauna are relatively small, when compared with mainland regions or with other island systems, such as Madeira and the Ca-nary Islands. After the human settlement, which begun in the 15th century (or even earlier based on recent paleoecological work), considerable changes occurred in plant cover and land use, associated with the early utilization of the native forests, and the introduction of a large number of animals (e.g., the rabbit) and plants for agriculture and forestry, but also for ornamental purposes. Moreover, cultural processes have led to the integration of many introduced species into the local traditions and landscape. Therefore, the Azores are a good system to study the effect of large-scale introductions and of invasive species. In several cases, introduced species are view as having positive aspects, although being listed as top invaders in scientific reports and in the legislation. Here, we present a brief summary of the research devoted to invasive species, mainly focusing on plants, and including the following aspects: risk analysis and the top 100 invasive spe-cies of Macaronesia; modelling of plant community composition along gradients of human disturbance; invasive plants in nature reserves; modelling of invasive species distribution; the evaluation of invasive plants as local resources, including estimation of woody biomass availability. Finally, we illustrate some of the species that could be targeted with biological control, and the possible limitations and obstacles that could be expected in the process.


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ASSESSING THE EFFECT OF CLIMATIC CONDITIONS ON THE RESTRICTION OF BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS: THE CASE OF HARMONIA AXYRIDIS IN THE AZORES

A. J. ALANIZ1, 2, A. O. SOARES3, E. B. AZEVEDO4, A. A. GREZ1

1 - Laboratorio de Ecología de Ambientes Fragmentados, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas Animales, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias y Pecuarias, Universidad de Chile.

2 - Centro de Estudios en Ecología Espacial y Medio Ambiente, Ecogeografía, Santiago, Chile3 - Center for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes and Azorean Biodiversity Group (cE3c-BGA),

Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of the Azores, 9501-801 Ponta Delgada, Portugal.4 - Center of Climate, Departamento de Ciências Agrárias, Meteorology and Global Change of the University of

the Azores (CCMMG- CITA-A), Universidade dos Açores, 9700-042 Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal

In this study, we test to what extent climatic conditions in the Azores Islands in Portugal, may have restrict-ed the establishment and spread across the archipelago of the highly invasive species Harmonia axyridis. To end this, we modelled the potential niche of three potential invader populations (European, which was introduced into the Azores, North American, described as the most invasive population and Native Asian population). We analysed the bioclimatic suitability of the Azores for H. axyridis.We generated Species Distribution Models to project the climatic requirements of H. axyridis populations in the Azores islands. To do this, we compiled a global occurrences dataset of H. axyridis, and generated very fine resolution bioclimatic variables for the Azores Islands. Then, we performed a series of analyses to assess the suitability of the Azores to each population of H. axyyridis: Analysis of histograms of a projected suitability map of the Azores, Principal Components Analysis of climate variables (PCA), and a varia-ble-per-variable assessment of response curves in comparison with Azores climatic conditions.The Azores have less suitable conditions to United States and native populations of H. axyridis, while the European and global niches had a slightly higher climatic suitability in the Azores. The PCA showed that the climatic conditions of the Azores differ with the climatic requirements of H. axyridis. This difference is mainly explained by precipitation of the wettest month, isothermality and minimum temperature of the coldest month. We conclude that the climatic conditions of the Azores may have an important role in the unsuccessful establishment and spread of H. axyridis in the Azores islands. Our results show that abiotic resistance represented by the climatic conditions of the colonized zones may have hindered the biological invasion. FONDECYT 1140662.

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HESPEROMYCES “HARMONIAE” NOM. PROV. (LABOULBENIALES), AN ECTOPARASITIC FUNGUS SPECIFIC TO HARMONIA AXYRIDIS

D. HAELEWATERS1, 2

1 - Farlow Reference Library and Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany, Harvard University, 22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.

2 - Current address: Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Branišovská 1760, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic.

Many fungal species have been described based on morphological characters. Hesperomyces virescens (As-comycota, Laboulbeniales), a parasite of ladybirds (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) is no exception; it has been considered a species with near-global distribution and wide host range. Since its description in 1891, this fungus has been found on 30 ladybird species, in 20 genera and 5 subfamilies. However, species hypotheses for microscopic organisms should be treated with caution. We hypothesized that H. virescens is in reality a complex consisting of many different species, each adapted to individual host species. Based on ribosomal sequence data, distinct clades within H. virescens are found, each clade consisting of isolates from a single host species or host species within a single genus. Several species delimitation methods confirm that these lineages represent separate species. Consequently, H. virescens is not a fungus with wide host range but instead a complex of many species, each with strict host specificity. Hesperomyces harmoniae nom. prov. on Harmonia axyridis is separated from all other clades within the complex. Populations of H. axyridis over-lap with Olla v-nigrum in the USA, and with Cheilomenes propinqua in South Africa. Nonetheless, isolates of Hesperomyces removed from these ladybirds are retrieved in distinct clades, always segregated by host species. Hesperomyces harmoniae causes mortality of H. axyridis in laboratory conditions and does not seem to transmit to other ladybirds. This combination of molecular phylogenetic and experimental work has important implications in the potential use of H. harmoniae as a biological control against H. axyridis.


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FACTORS INFLUENCING THE INTRODUCTION AND SPREAD OF HARMONIA AXYRIDIS IN THE IBERIAN PENINSULA

O. M. C. C. AMEIXA1, 2, J. ŠIPOŠ3, 4, M. BURDA5, A. M. V. M. SOARES1, A. O. SOARES2

1 - Biology Department & CESAM, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro Portugal2 - Center for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes and Azorean Biodiversity Group (cE3c-BGA),

Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of the Azores, 9501-801 Ponta Delgada, Portugal.3 - Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic 4 - Department of Zoology, Fisheries, Hydrobiology and Apiculture, Mendel University in Brno, Brno, Czech

Republic5 - Institute for Research and Applications of Fuzzy Modelling, CE IT4Innovations, Division University of

Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic

Southern Europe used to be one of the few regions here Harmonia axyridis was deliberately introduced and never became fully established. However, recently several overwintering populations were found in north-east Spain, indicating that the species can potentially spread to the rest of Iberian Peninsula. The negative impacts for coccinellid native species are documented a bit all over the world, however its establishment in Iberian Peninsula, can have an important impact for the wine industry which is very significant in this region.To predict if H. axyridis will be able to spread across western southern Europe, with emphasis on vine growing regions, we used a species distribution model based on bioclimatic and environmental variables to characterize the occupied niche and predict the distribution of this invasive alien species. Our model revealed that H. axyridis can find suitable conditions mostly in northern regions of the Ibe-rian Peninsula, as well as in punctual locations, in coastal regions of this territory, including important wine-growing regions which will constitute a challenge to producers.Until recently, the spread of H. axyridis was constrained by climatic factors such as high summer temper-atures however the overwintering individuals found in Spain seem to be able to deal with such limitations, which apparently indicate the ability to adapt to these conditions. We provide some recommendations in order to record and track the dispersion of seminal propagules in order to minimize H. axyridis impacts.

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POLYMORPHISM OF INVASIVE AND NATIVE HARMONIA AXYRIDIS POPULATIONS ON THE MITOCHONDRIAL COI GENE

A. BLEKHMAN1, I. GORYACHEVA2, I. ZAKHAROV2

1 - Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology of Russian Academy of Sciences, Vavilova 26, Moscow, 119334, Russia

2 - Vavilov Institut of General Genetics of Russian Academy of Sciences, lab of Insect Genetics, Gubkina str. 3, Moscow, 119333, Russia

The polymorphism of the mitochondrial gene COI was studied in 6 invasive (USA, Germany, Czech Repub-lic, Russia) and 7 native (Russia – Southern Siberia, Far East) populations of Harmonia axyridis. Among the 336 sequences of the 5’gene fragment, 25 mitotypes were found, of which 8 were detected for the first time. No mitotypes specific to western native populations (Southern Siberia) were identified among the seven mitotypes found in invasive populations. The comparative analysis of molecular and standard diversity indices in COI gene and the cluster analysis of mitotypes, allows us to state that all investigated invasive populations are phylogenetically associated with the populations of the eastern native range part and are not associated phylogenetically with western Siberia populations. Within the invasive populations’ group, the populations of Prague and Sochi are dis-tinguished by a maximum distance and a relatively high level of intrapopulation molecular diversity, that allows to assume their mixed origin from different sources (European natural and, possibly, biocontrolled populations). The study was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (Project No. 16-16-00079).


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UNRAVELLING THE ECOLOGY OF NON-NATIVE SPECIES TO INFORM EUROPEAN STRATEGY

H. E. ROY1

1 - Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BB, UK

Biological invasions are large-scale processes and cross-boundary collaborations are critical to ensure knowledge on invasive non-native (=alien) species (INNS) is shared between countries. This not only advances understanding of invasions but also enables successful implementation of strategies to manage INNS. Indeed there have been a number of policies developed across Europe which recognise the impor-tance of INNS as a driver of biodiversity loss. Most notably the European Commission has addressed the threat of invasions in their Regulation 1143/2014. At the heart of the Regulation is the development of a list of INNS of EU Concern which explicitly focuses on potential future invaders, derived through horizon scanning, that require management. Species inventories are recognised as critical for the management of biological invasions, informing hori-zon scanning and surveillance, and underpinning prevention, control and elimination of INNS. There have been major developments in the availability of high quality data INNS. Here I will provide an overview of the ways in which this information can be used to inform science, policy and ultimately conservation. I will explore the relevance to biological control and specifically importance of robust risk assessments. I will specifically focus on our research that has underpinned the European Regulation including insights into invasion ecology from broad patterns and processes to approaches in surveillance and monitoring, particularly involving citizens and highlighting the importance of collaborations. Networks established through these collaborative initiatives have benefits for people, science, and nature.

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LADYBIRDS AS NEW ACTORS IN THE IUCN CONSERVATION AGENDA

A. HOCHKIRCH1

1 - Trier University & IUCN SSC Invertebrate Conservation Sub-Committee, Universitätsring 15, D-54296 Trier, Germany

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is the most widely used and recognized source of information regarding the conservation status of species. Currently, more than 93,000 species have been assessed for the IUCN Red List, including more than 21,000 invertebrate species (and 1357 beetle species). This un-der-representation of invertebrates and particularly insects is largely the result of the lack of organization of entomologists with an interest in conservation. The new formation of a IUCN SSC Ladybird Specialist Group will help to bring this charismatic insect group on the conservation agenda. It is planned to assess the IUCN Red List status of several Ladybird species in the coming years, including all species of the genus Coccinella. Assessing species for the IUCN Red List is often the starting point for conservation action. IUCN Red List assessments follow strict scientific criteria and include the compilation of a distribution map, collation of all available information regarding the ecology, threats and population trends of a species. As this information is missing for many insect species, it also provides the opportunity to highlight a lack of data and assessing a species as Data Deficient, which often facilitates research on the species. Species that are assessed as Threatened often attract more interest by conservation practitioners and Red List as-sessments, therefore, help to prioritize among species in need of conservation, but also to allocate funding for research and conservation action. I here present the benefits of the formation of IUCN SSC Specialist Groups and IUCN Red List assessments for the Coccinellidae.


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RISK AND BENEFIT ASSESSMENT OF BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS IN SWITZERLAND: A CASE STUDY WITH TRICHOPRIA DROSOPHILAE

J. COLLATZ1, N. AMIRESMAEILI1, S. WOLF1, J. ROMEIS1

1 - Biosafety group, Agroscope, Reckenholzstrasse 191, 8046 Zürich, Switzerland

In Switzerland, licensing for the use of invertebrates as plant protection products or as classical biologi-cal control agents in agriculture is carried out by the Federal Office for Agriculture and regulated by the Ordinance on Plant Protection Products. Evaluations are carried out by scientific experts and comprise an assessment of efficacy and risks. We use Trichopria drosophilae, a hymenopteran pupal parasitoid that is currently considered for biological control of the invasive Drosophila suzukii, as an example to follow through the assessment process. We started by determining whether T. drosophilae is native to Switzerland. Field samplings revealed that the species is common in the southern parts of the country and only occasionally found in the north, where the closely related T. modesta is more common. To evaluate establishment potential and efficacy during spring releases, we then looked into the overwintering potential of the species. T. drosophilae larvae were identified as overwintering stage and their lower thermal limit was evaluated. Adult wasps survived and re-produced after short periods of cold, but 11d exposure to 0°C was lethal. No-choice and choice experiments demonstrated that D. suzukii is a suitable and preferred host, however, other Drosophila hosts are also accepted. The host range was compared with the closely related T. modesta. Finally a semi-field experiment was conducted to assess the efficacy of T. drosophilae in a quantitative manner. The implications of our findings for the risk and benefit assessment will be discussed.

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EVALUATING THE RISKS AND BENEFITS OF APHELINUS CERTUS, AN INTRODUCED ENEMY OF SOYBEAN APHID, IN NORTH AMERICA: INTEGRATING ECOSYSTEM-LEVEL EFFECTS INTO THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS

J. R. MIKSANEK1, G. E. HEIMPEL1

1 - University of Minnesota Department of Entomology, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States

Exotic biological control agents under consideration for importation and release are evaluated for risk through the use of laboratory-based studies of host range, but ecosystem- and landscape-level effects should be incorporated into the decision-making process as well. The recent invasion of Aphelinus certus (Hyme-noptera: Aphelinidae), a generalist Asian parasitoid attacking soybean aphid and native Aphis spp., provides a rare opportunity to investigate the role of a natural enemy in a complex network of interactions—both positive and negative, direct and indirect—throughout the ecological landscape. To address this, we (a) sur-veyed the distribution and population dynamics of A. certus in agricultural and native habitats and (b) used population models and field studies to determine the potential and actual effect of A. certus on soybean aphid. We found that A. certus readily colonizes or has successfully established in prairies, although the magnitude of its impact on native aphid populations has yet to be quantified. We also show that A. certus has the potential to be a key natural enemy of soybean aphid, although its effectiveness in the field has been more variable. Finally, we discuss the overall impact of A. certus within a risk–benefit framework incorporating its direct effects on soybean aphid and native aphid species as well as potential indirect effects in reducing insecticide applications, which, by extension, aids in conservation of prairie lepidopterans (e.g. Hesperia dacotae, the threatened Dakota skipper) and other vulnerable insect species. This perspective promotes an environment-based decision-making approach to classical biological control.


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PREDATORY MITES (PHYTOSEIIDAE) FOUND DURING IMPORT INSPECTIONS AND SURVEYS OUTDOORS IN THE NETHERLANDS.

A. J. M. LOOMANS1, G. VIERBERGEN1

1 - National Reference Centre (NRC), National Plant Protection Organization (NPPO), Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA), Geertjesweg 15 , 6706 EA, Wageningen, the Netherlands; P.O.Box 9102, 6700 HC, Wageningen, the Netherlands

Evaluation of risks associated with the release of biocontrol agents in the Netherlands is a task of the Na-tional Reference Centre in Wageningen. Since 2005 many natural enemies and their supporting organisms of native and non-native origin have been licensed for release, while others have been exempted. In order to establish, the potential migration of biocontrol agents from the points of release into open air, the Nation-al Reference Centre performs post-release monitoring programs on a regular basis since 2008. Predatory mites are a major group of natural enemies released as biological control agents: 28 species belonging to 6 different families. Phytoseiidae is the major family: in total 21 species, 6 of which are considered native and 15 nonnative. We have prepared a checklist of Phytoseiidae found in the Netherlands, representing taxa with species that live in the open, in heated places, released for biological control, species with an unknown status and species that have been found during import inspections. Here we present results of Phytoseii-dae found during surveys outdoors in open air and during import inspections of plants/products. Some species, such as Neoseiulus californicus, are regularly intercepted during import and are known to migrate from (greenhouse) cultures and establish in outdoors. Other species, such as Phytoseiulus persimilis, are regularly intercepted as well and are locally present outdoors. On the other hand, some nonnative species have never been found during import, but were found outdoors on trees and shrubs, e.g. Kampimodromus hmiminai (first record 2008), Neoseiulus fallacis (2009) and Euseius gallicus (2008).

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FUNDAMENTAL HOST RANGE OF TRISSOLCUS JAPONICUS, A POTENTIAL BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT OF THE BROWN MARMORATED STINK BUG IN EUROPE

T. HAYE1, L. TAVELLA2, S. T. MORAGLIO2, L. BOSCO2

1 - CABI, Rue des Grillons 1, 2800 Delemont, Switzerland 2 - Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Forestali e Alimentari (DISAFA), largo Paolo Braccini 2, 10095 Grugliasco

(Torino), Italy

The Brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) Halyomorpha halys (Stäl) (Heteroptera - Pentatomidae) is an inva-sive insect pest species naturally occurring in Japan, southern China and Korea. Since late 1990’s the BMSB populations become established in North America and since the mid 2000’s in Europe. In Georgia and Italy BMSB is already a key pest of fruit and hazelnut orchards, respectively, and there are concerns that other fruit growing regions of Europe could be heavily affected. In its native range, eggs of H. halys are attacked by a com-plex of species in the genera Trissolcus, Telenomus, Ooencyrtus (Platygastridae) and Anastatus (Eupelmidae), whereas nymphs and adults are rarely parasitized. Within the egg parasitoid guild, Trissolcus japonicus (Ash-mead) (syn. Trissolcus halyomorphae) has been identified as most promising for classical biological control of invasive H. halys populations, causing high levels of parasitism in China. Here we present the first data on the fundamental host range of T. japonicus in Europe as part of a preliminary risk assessment.


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EPPO APPROACH TO ASSESSMENT OF BENEFITS AND RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH NON-INDIGENOUS BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS

A. D. ORLINSKI1

1 - European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO), 21 Bd Richard Lenoir, 75011 Paris, France

The important damage from non-indigenous (alien) pests often arises from the absence of their natural ene-mies in the new invaded areas. Therefore, a logical and environmentally-friendly measure in case of acciden-tal introduction of non-indigenous pests is the intentional introduction of natural enemies from the pest’s origin. This introduction can be considered as a phytosanitary measure. Before the import and release of these biological control agents (BCAs) they should be assessed for the risk of negative non-target effects. The EPPO Panel on BCAs decided that Pest Risk Analysis (PRA) is not appropriate to assess BCAs: (1) the use of PRA creates the assumption that BCAs are pests and therefore damages the image of biocontrol, (2) the BCA assessment should be comparative risk/benefit (environmental benefit coming from reduction of invasive pest populations and from replacement/reduction of pesticide treatments), (3) some parts of existing PRA schemes (assessment of probability of entry, risk management, etc.) are not applicable to BCAs. The Panel developed an EPPO Standard (‘Decision-support scheme for import and release of biological control agents of plant pests’) specific to BCAs. The draft Standard has beed approved by the EPPO Working Patry on Phytosanitary Regu-lations in June 2018 and will be presented to the EPPO Council in September 2018.

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ENGAGING PEOPLE IN SURVEILLANCE AND MONITORING OF NON-NATIVE SPECIES

H. E. ROY1, P. M. J. BROWN2, M. BOTHAM1, S. RORKE1

1 - Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BB, UK2 - Applied Ecology Research Group, Department of Biology, Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, Cambridge,

CB1 1PT, UK

People have been contributing their wildlife observations from across the UK for centuries. Simple biolog-ical records (what, where and when a species was seen) can be made by anyone, anywhere. Technological developments such as smart phone apps are increasing the number of people participating in such citizen science initiatives. The information accruing from them is enabling us to track changes in wildlife over time and address many ecological questions including those on non-native species ecology. The Coccinellidae Recording Scheme is one of more than 80 biological recording schemes within the UK. It was established in the early 1970s and launched as an on-line survey in 2005 as the UK Ladybird Survey. The Harlequin Ladybird Survey was initiated as part of the UK Ladybird Survey, at that time, in response to the arrival of the non-native species Harmonia axyridis in the UK. The success of this citizen science initiative inspired the development of an alert system for non-native species. Here I will provide an overview of the process of reporting non-native species within the UK and particularly the importance of science communication to raise awareness. I will focus on the need to embrace the complexity of such issues and the importance of evidence-based decision-making to underpin societal perspectives. Harmonia axyridis is a charismatic species that has been instrumental in engaging people in non-native species ecology and encouraging pub-lic participation in surveillance and monitoring.


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MAPPING THE DISTRIBUTION OF HARMONIA AXYRIDIS IN ARGENTINA THROUGH CITIZEN SCIENCE

V. WERENKRAUT1, F. BAUDINO1 & H. E. ROY2

1 - Laboratorio Ecotono INIBIOMA - CONICET, Pasaje Gutierrez 1125 (CP: 8400), Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina.

2 - Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford OX10 8BB, UK.

Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) is an example of a biological control agent that has become a successful invader. It is a species native from Asia, which has been introduced to control aphid pests in many countries around the world, but nowadays it is considered as a pest itself. The spread and effects of this species have been intensively studied in Europe and North America, but in South America good information only exists for Chile, where the species showed an extremely fast rate of spread. Despite the relevance of this species in a neighbouring country, and that predictions based on climatic models show that H. axyridis potential distribution includes almost the entire Argentine territory, studies focused on the distribution, spread and impact of this species in Argentina are surprisingly scarce. By the late 1990s H. axyridis had been introduced into the centre of Argentina (Mendoza province) and by 2001 it was detected in Buenos Aires (around 1000 km away). By 2018 it was established in at least four provinces in the centre of Argentina (Buenos Aires, Mendoza, Córdoba and Santa Fé), and in NW Patagonia (Neuquén and Río Negro), but unfortunately, the available data is mainly anecdotic and/or from grey literature. Our aim is to compile the distribution of the species in Argentina, as a baseline for further studies. We have started a cit-izen science project (https://sites.google.com/a/comahue-conicet.gob.ar/vam) which is challenging because of the lack of tradition for people recording species in Argentina.

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ECOSYSTEM SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE NATIVE PREDATOR SCYMNUS NUBILUS MULSANT (COLEOPTERA: COCCINELLIDAE) AGAINST APHIDS ON FORESTRY NURSERIES.

R. MESEGUER1, I. BORGES2, V. VIEIRA2, G. PONS1, A. O. SOARES2

1 - Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of the Azores, 9501-801 Ponta Delgada, Portugal2 - Center for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes and Azorean Biodiversity Group (cE3c-BGA),

Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of the Azores, 9501-801 Ponta Delgada, Portugal.

Considering the potential negative impacts of introducing alien biological control agents, it is commenda-ble to search for candidates in the local natural enemy community. In this study we assessed the potential of Scymnus nubilus (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) as biological control agent of aphid species infesting en-demic/protected Azorean plants reared in forestry nurseries. For this purpose, laboratorial experiments on consumption and development, as well as field trials were performed to assess the potential of this aphidophagous predator. Four main aphid pest species were identified: Aphis frangulae Kaltenbach, A. spiraecola Patch, Cinara juniperi (De Geer) and Toxoptera aurantii (Boyer de Fonscolombe). Aphis spirae-cola, infesting Viburnum treleasei, was the most abundant aphid species. However, Juniperus brevifolia was the host species with a higher proportion of infested plants (C. juniperi). Laboratorial results showed that all aphid species tested allowed S. nubilus’ 4th instar larvae and pupae to complete development. Voracity was significantly higher when S. nubilus fed on A. frangulae but more C. juniperi biomass was consumed. Field experiments indicated that S. nubilus can contribute to the decrease of pest population densities, more significantly so in the case of A. spiraecola. However, these tests also highlighted the role of other natural enemies occurring naturally in the forestry nurseries, such as Aphidoletes aphidimyza, syrphids and aphid parasitoids.

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HOW MUCH IS APHID POPULATION DYNAMICS AFFECTED BY THEIR NATURAL ENEMIES? A GREEK EXAMPLE.

Z. ŠTÍPKOVÁ1,2, P. KINDLMANN1,2

1 - Global Change Research Institute CAS, Bělidla 986/4a, 60300 Brno, Czech Republic;2 - Institute for Environmental Studies, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Benátská 2, 12801 Prague 2,

Czech Republic

By monitoring 50 aphid colonies in 2017 and another 50 colonies in 2018 twice a week, we look at how the aphid dynamics is affected by their natural enemies. This will help us to see, how much the presence of natural enemies shortens the duration of an aphid colony, which may be one of the causes, why Harmonia axyridis is not very successful in the Mediterranean: the aphid colony may exist for a period of time too short in the Mediterranean conditions to enable successful development of H. axyridis.

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HOW MUCH IS APHID POPULATION DYNAMICS AFFECTED BY THEIR NATURAL ENEMIES? A MODELLING EXERCISE.

P. KINDLMANN1,2, Z. ŠTÍPKOVÁ1,2

1 - Global Change Research Institute CAS, Bělidla 986/4a, 60300 Brno, Czech Republic; 2 - Institute for Environmental Studies, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Benátská 2, 12801 Prague 2,

Czech Republic

The efficiency of biocontrol agents in an aphid-ladybird systems is an important issue, determining the success of biological control. Therefore it has been subject to lots of discussions as well as empirical studies, which were attempting to evaluate, to which extent predators are able to suppress their aphid prey. Here we summarize the results published, put them into context with empirical data and based on this review we present a model of aphid-ladybird interactions. Particular attention will be paid to the invasive ladybird species, Harmonia axyridis, and comparison of its effectiveness in regulation of aphid colonies with that of other ladybird species. A metapopulation approach will be used, so on top of intra-colony dynamics, consequences of the aphid-ladybird interactions will be predicted for the whole metapopulation. The model predictions will be tested against empirical data in the subsequent contribution.


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FIELD INVESTIGATIONS OF THE INVASIVE LEAF BEETLE PEST P. SELMANI AND LABORATORY BASED EVALUATION OF THE CANDIDATE BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT E. NASSAUI.

D. HAYDEN1,2, J. FINN2, J.-R. BAARS1

1 - University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland; 2Teagasc, Johnstown Castle, Wexford, Ireland.

An exotic leaf beetle pest, Paropsisterna selmani, accidently introduced into Ireland from Australasia, poses a significant risk to commercial Eucalyptus crops. It has been recorded in the United Kingdom and while it is predicted to spread to other temperate regions of Europe where Eucalyptus is grown, very little is known about its phenology in the field. The cut foliage industry is intolerant of damage and the beetle’s impact on commercial forestry is unknown. In this study, the threat to Irish forestry was quantified for the first time. A parasitic wasp, Enoggera nassaui, used as a biocontrol agent of similar leaf beetles in New Zealand, was investigated to determine its performance on the target pest. This study looks at the phenology of the beetle and by interpreting temperature based experiments, sought to establish how the egg parasitoid would po-tentially synchronize with periods of pest activity. The phenology trials in a cut foliage plantation, showed two generations per year, and a novel finding of two periods of egg unavailability between three peaks of abundance, the latter extending to late autumn. The foliage in forestry plantations becomes unsuitable by September, with beetle activity dropping off, thereby presenting a long period without egg availability. A lack of eggs at certain periods may have implications in terms of viability of the parasitoid once released. It is unclear how the wasp will bridge these periods of time, especially over winter. Future prospects of this egg parasitoid as a biocontrol agent in different Eucalyptus industries are discussed.

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AGE AND TEMPERATURE EFFECTS ON ACCUMULATION OF CAROTENOIDS IN LADYBIRDS

O. NEDVĚD1,2, A. MUHAMMAD1,2, R. ABDOLAHI3, S. SAKAKI4, A. O. SOARES5

1 - Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Branišovská 31, 37005 České Budějovice, Czechia2 - Institute of Entomology, Biology Center, Branišovská 31, 37005 České Budějovice, Czechia3 - Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj,

P.O.Box 31587-77871, Iran 4 - Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Vali-e-Asr University of Rafsanjan, Rafsanjan, Iran 5 - Center for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes and Azorean Biodiversity Group (cE3c-BGA),


Important compounds in the epidermis of ladybird beetles providing bright red colouration of elytra and other body parts are pigments carotenoids. Animals are not able to synthesize carotenoids and they ingest them with food. Some ladybirds develop their colour from yellow through orange to red during adult stage, according to the rate of deposition of carotenoids in their elytra. We investigated the rate of this deposition depending on age, sex, and temperature by extracting carotenoids and spectrophotometric measurement. In Coccinella undecimpunctata, content of carotenoids increased up to 50 days of adult age at 20°C, and continued to increase after 60 days at 25°C. In Harmonia axyridis, form succinea, we reared pupae at three temperatures affecting the size of melanic spots (15°C – large, 22°C – small, and 30°C – missing). Amount of carotenoids increased up to three months of the adult stage similarly for all colour patterns. Higher con-stant temperatures during adult stage (15, 20, 25, 30°C) resulted in a slower rate of carotenoid deposition than at lower temperatures. There was mostly negligible difference between sexes.


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ANAGONIA SP. (DIP. TACHINIDAE) A POTENTIAL BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT OF GONIPTERUS PLATENSIS (COL. CURCULIONIDAE) IN THE IBERIAN PENINSULA

C. AFONSO1, C. VALENTE1, C. I. GONÇALVES1, A. REIS2, B. CUENCA3, M. BRANCO4

1 - RAIZ - Forest and Paper Research Institute - Quinta de S. Francisco, Rua José Estevão (EN 230-1), 3800-783 Eixo, Aveiro, Portugal

2 - Altri Florestal, S.A., Quinta do Furadouro, 2510-582 Olho Marinho, Portugal3 - Vivero Maceda, Grupo Tragsa – SEPI, Carretera Maceda - Baldrei, Km 2, 32700 Maceda, Spain4 - CEF - Forest Research Centre - Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa,

Portugal

The Australian weevil Gonipterus platensis (Marelli) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) is one of the main pests of eucalyptus. Classical biological control programs have been implemented worldwide by introducing the natural enemy Anaphes nitens (Girault) (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), but this egg parasitoid fails to prevent economically relevant attacks in several regions, namely in Portugal and particularly at higher altitudes. Additional natural enemies of G. platensis have been recently identified and imported from Tasmania, Australia, including Anaphes inexpectatus Huber & Prinsloo (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), which has al-ready been released in Portuguese mainland. Nevertheless, supplementary parasitoids, particularly those attacking the larvae, can lead to increased pest control. As such, an Australian larval parasitoid from the genus Anagonia (Diptera: Tachinidae) is being reared under quarantine conditions since December 2017.Although not very popular as biological control agents, as they typically tend to be less host specific than hymenopterans, a few tachinids have been successfully used in biological control programs. Six Anago-nia species are known to parasitise Gonipterus spp.; the remaining species are mainly associated with chrysomelids. Field surveys in Tasmania indicate 2 to 12% parasitism rates by Anagonia sp. on Gonipterus spp. larvae.This work constitutes the first description of attack behavior of Anagonia sp. for G. platensis and prelim-inary findings about its biology. This information is important for biological control as it establishes the basis for risk assessment studies prior to its putative release in the field.

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STRATEGY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE AND PLAN OF ACTION TO INCREASE THE PRODUCTION AND PROMOTION OF ORGANIC PRODUCTS IN THE AZORES AUTONOMOUS REGION

DAVID J. H. LOPES1

1 - cE3c- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Azorean Biodiversity Group and Universidade dos Açores- FCA- Departamento de Ciências e Engenharia do Ambiente, rua Capitão João d’Avila, S.Pedro, 9700-042 Angra do Heroísmo

Following the publication in the Diário da República of the Resolution approving the National Strategy for Organic Agriculture (ENAB) and the Plan of Action (AP), it was imperative that a strategic plan for the development of organic agriculture be developed in the Azores. To achieve this, a protocol was signed with the Cooperativa de Produtores de Agricultura Biológica-CRL (BioAzórica) and a working group was creat-ed specifically for this task. This Regional Strategy for the Development of Organic Agriculture (ERDAB) and the Plan of Action for the Production and Promotion of Organic Agricultural Products of the RAA, as will be expected will not be far from the concepts and actions defined at national level, This document results from the detailed analysis of the actions of the national strategy and its adaptation to the specific characteristics of the Region. This approach is reflected in its structure and content by defining a specific strategic plan and with some own and exclusive measures of the Region based on the current knowledge of the state of development of organic production (MPB). This document has already been presented and dis-cussed publicly and now, at a presentation and approval stage by the Regional Government of the Azores, consists of two parts, part I - characterizing Agriculture and Organic Production, which ends in a swot analysis of the situation Biological Agriculture in the Region and part II - with the Strategic Objectives and Axes for the Development of Organic Agriculture in the Azores Autonomous Region, where both the stra-tegic objectives and the axes of the action plan, operational objectives and actions to be developed, short, medium and long term, are presented. Finally a set of tables with all actions of the action plan are presented for each of the operational objectives to be developed. In the final part, an assessment is also made based on surveys carried out on the development potential of Organic Agriculture in the different islands of the Autonomous Region of the Azores.


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FIELD AND LABORATORY EVIDENCE OF MECHANISMS EXPLAINING THE DOMINANCE OF HARMONIA AXYRIDIS (PALLAS) IN ALFALFA IN CHILE

A. A. GREZ1, T. ZAVIEZO2, A. O. SOARES3, V. ROMERO1, C. GONZÁLEZ1

1 - Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias y Pecuarias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile2 - Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería Forestal, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile3 - Center for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes and Azorean Biodiversity Group (cE3c-BGA),


In alfalfa fields in Central Chile, coccinellids assemblages used to be very diverse and dominated by native species, which accounted for most of aphid predation. But, after the invasion of Harmonia axyridis, coc-cinellids declined in abundance and diversity, possibly due to antagonistic interactions. Harmonia axyridis today dominates coccinellid assemblages in alfalfa fields. We studied intraguild predation, competition and the scape from parasitism on the most common coccinellids in this crop: the native Eriopis chilensis and the aliens H. axyridis and Hippodamia variegata. Experiments with sentinel eggs showed that E. chilensis and H. variegata are more predated than H. axyridis. Molecular gut content analysis indicated that H. axyridis is the more frequent intraguild predator, and most of its predation is on E. chilensis. In laboratory, we found that H. axyridis is twice as voracious and gains more weight than the other two species, and seems to be a better competitor. Finally, successful parasitism by Dinocampus coccinellae is lower in H. axyridis.Because of assymetric intraguild predation and competition in favor of H. axyridis, and escape from para-sitism, the positive relation between native coccinellids and biological control previous to the arrival of this invasive species could be disrupted. Due to its higher voracity, H. axyridis may be a good biocontrol agent, but only if it can compensate the loss of service provided by natives. FONDECYT 1140662 and 1180533.

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ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF THE INVASIVE COCCINELLID, HARMONIA AXYRIDIS, IN EAST ANGLIA, UK

R. FARROW1, H. E. ROY2, P. M. J. BROWN1

1 - Anglia Rusking University, Department of Biology, East Road, Cambridge, CB1 1PT, UK.2 - Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford OX10 8BB

The invasive alien Harmonia axyridis has been present in the UK since 2004. The distribution of the har-lequin is well known in the UK; however, the majority of records are from urban habitats. This research aims to determine if the presence of H. axyridis is having an effect on the abundance and distribution of native specialist ladybirds in rural woodland habitats. Field sites in deciduous and coniferous woodland and urban areas in East Anglia, UK were sampled in 2017. Sweep netting and tree beating were used to collect coccinellid samples from three different vegetation gradients; grass margins, immature trees and mature trees. Eighteen species of coccinellid and just over 2,000 individuals were recorded during the field season for 2017 across three different vegetation gradients from three distinct site types. Fewer individual species were recorded at urban sites. In deciduous and coniferous woodland sites, the number of H. axy-ridis were significantly lower than the combined abundance of all recorded native coccinellids. However, the reverse was shown for urban sites with significantly more H. axyridis being recorded than total native coccinellid species. Abundance of H. axyridis correlated positively with the aphidoidea abundance in the mature gradient of coniferous woodland, intermediate gradient of deciduous woodland and in urban sites. Additionally, the nature of the habitat adjacent to the woodland sites may have had an effect on coccinellid abundance. These preliminary findings indicate that H. axyridis is not as prolific in rural woodlands as it is at urban sites suggesting that rural woodland could be a refuge for native specialist coccinellids.


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LADYBIRD COMMUNITY CHANGE INDUCED BY THE HARLEQUIN LADYBIRD HARMONIA AXYRIDIS: EVIDENCE FROM A LONG TERM FIELD STUDY IN THE UK

P. M. J. BROWN1 AND H. E. ROY2

1 - Applied Ecology Research Group, Department of Biology, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK. 2 - Biological Records Centre, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, UK.

The harlequin ladybird Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) is an invasive alien species in Eu-rope, where it has been spreading rapidly since the early years of the 21st century. Ladybirds play an im-portant role (particularly in agricultural ecosystems) as predators of pest insects. Long-term monitoring of ladybird communities is essential in order to provide rigorous temporal trends for native and invasive non-native species. This study examines changes in ladybird communities at four sites (two lime tree sites, one pine tree site and one nettle site) in East Anglia, England, over an 11-year period (2006-2016) following invasion by H. axyridis. Overall, H. axyridis represented 41.5% of the 10750 ladybirds (9044 adults plus 1706 larvae) sampled (varying from a low of 0.2% H. axyridis in 2006 to a high of 70.7% in 2015) and was over three times more abundant than the second commonest species, Coccinella septempunctata. The pro-portion of native ladybirds declined from 99.8% in 2006 to 30.7% in 2016. There was a significant negative relationship between H. axyridis and 2-spot ladybird Adalia bipunctata adults at the lime tree sites, but not between H. axyridis and adults of any of the other main ladybird species sampled. Adalia bipunctata has declined markedly and this formerly very common and abundant species is becoming a conservation concern nationally. Our study shows a clear change in the ladybird community over an 11 year period in which H. axyridis invaded England, and emphasises the importance of long-term monitoring. Intraguild predation is hypothesised to be an important driver of the changes observed.

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COMPOSITION AND FUNCTIONAL TRAITS OF COCCINELLIDS IN GREENSPACES VARY WITH LANDSCAPE URBANIZATION

A. A. GREZ1, T. ZAVIEZO2, M. M. GARDINER3, A. ALANIZ1

1 - Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias y Pecuarias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.2 - Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería Forestal, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.3 - Department of Entomology, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio, US.

Greenspaces within urban and suburban areas may be of great value for biodiversity conservation, but this may depend on the composition and heterogeneity of the surrounding landscape. Usually, urbanization leads to a decline in native species abundance and richness. Nevertheless, responses might also depend on trait-based local habitat and landscape-scale filters. In this work, we studied how local characteristics of greenspaces and landscape context at 1000 m influence taxonomic and functional traits composition of na-tive and alien coccinellids (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) across an urbanization gradient in Santiago, Chile. We sampled coccinellids in 82 greenspaces that varied from 2 to 98% in urbanization of the surrounding landscape. We found 3,337 individuals from 23 species, including native and endemic species. Abundance and richness of native coccinellids were negatively affected by landscape urbanization and positively asso-ciated with landscape diversity and the proportion of agricultural area. Aliens were not strongly affected by landscape variables. Regarding their primary diet, fungivorous and aphidophagous species were more positively associated with agricultural areas and negatively with urban areas, while the opposite occurred with aleyrophagous. Also, coccinellid communities composed predominately by habitat specialists were as-sociated with more urbanized landscapes. Finally, mean body size of coccinellids communities were affect-ed by the configuration of the landscape. Local characteristics were not important predictors of coccinellid richness, abundance or functional traits. Our results show that greenspaces support a rich community of coccinellids, including many native species, with different functions, but their conservation depends on the degree of urbanization of the landscape. Funded by FONDECYT 1140662 and 1180533


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THE IMPACT OF ASIAN LADYBIRD BEETLES ON HUMANS AND OTHER NON-TARGET SPECIES

J. LOSEY1

1 - Cornell University & IUCN Ladybird Specialist Group, Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

The last several decades have seen a major shift in the global complex of ladybird beetles (Coccinellidae) from a diverse assemblage of “native” species to one of reduced diversity and dominated by a few cos-mopolitan species. The most prevalent among these cosmopolitan species is the Asian ladybird beetle, Harmonia axyridis. Not only does this species which had previously been redistributed around the world, pose a threat to native ladybird beetle species, it also poses a health risk to humans due to its almost unique behavior of overwintering in human structures. I will present an overview of how citizen science, social media, and “big data” are being utilized to facilitate the documentation and potentially the mitigation of threats from this biological control agent.

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DIFFERENCES IN THE ABUNDANCE AND PERSISTENCE OF HARMONIA AXYRIDIS AND NATIVE COCCINELLIDS ON PLANTS IN CENTRAL EUROPE (COLEOPTERA: COCCINELLIDAE)

A. HONEK1, Z. MARTINKOVA1, H. E. ROY2, A. F. G. DIXON3, J. SKUHROVEC1, S. PEKÁR4, M. BRABEC5

1 - Crop Research Institute, Drnovská 507, 161 06 Prague 6 – Ruzynĕ, Czech Republic2 - Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8BB, UK3 - School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, U.K.4 - Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic5 - Department of Nonlinear Modeling, Institute of Computer Science AS CR, Prague, Czech Republic

Harmonia axyridis (Pallas), an invasive non-native species in central Europe, can outcompete other aphi-dophagous species. The distribution and abundance of H. axyridis varies on different host plants and effects on native coccinellid communities may change accordingly. The distribution and abundance of coccinel-lids in central Europe (50°N, 14°E) was investigated from 2010 to 2016. Coccinellids were counted at regular intervals on cereals (Avena, Hordeum, Triticum), herbaceous plants (Matricaria, Urtica) and trees (Acer, Betula, Tilia). Additionally, occurrence over time of each species on these plants was assessed and used as an index of persistence. Across all years adults and larvae of H. axyridis were the dominant species of coccinellid on trees. However, H. axyridis was less abundant on herbaceous plants and cereals than on trees. On trees native coccinellids and H. axyridis co-occured and persisted for the same length of time while on herbaceous plants and cereals native coccinellids persisted longer than H. axyridis. Compared to 1976–1986 the abundance of native species in 2010s decreased on all plants, by 50–70%. The population decline on particular plants was proportional to the abundance of H. axyridis. The presence of H. axyridis could be implicated as an important factor driving changes in assemblages of native coccinellids.

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A RARE COCCINELLID SURVIVING THE SPREAD OF H. AXYRIDIS

R. FARROW1, H. E. ROY2, P. M. J. BROWN1

1 - Anglia Rusking University, Department of Biology, East Road, Cambridge, CB1 1PT, UK2 - Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford OX10 8BB

Exposed riverine sediment (ERS) on Welsh river banks is in a constant state of alteration. However, the quality of habitat is being degraded to the point that specialised invertebrate species, such as the rare Coc-cinella quinquepunctata (five-spot ladybird), are at risk. This small conspicuous ladybird was considered extinct in the UK until 1987 and is classified as (RDB3) Rare. There is a concern that together with an unstable habitat and the continuing spread of the invasive coccinellid, Harmonia axyridis, that numbers of C. quinquepunctata will decrease further. Twelve Welsh river bank sites were surveyed for the presence of C. quinquepunctata and H. axyridis. When an individual coccinellid was recorded, so too was its distance from the water’s edge and its elevation from the substrate. Plant species were recorded and vegetation density was assessed in broad categories. Of all recorded coccinellids, 75% were C. quinquepunctata while 7.7% were H. axyridis. A third of the sites had no records of H. axyridis. A significantly greater number of both coccinellid species were recorded earlier in the season. There was no significant difference in how far from the water’s edge C. quinquepunctata was found. A significantly greater number of C. quinquepunctata were observed within 0.5 metres of the shingle substrate rather than higher up on the vegetation. Results indicate that H. axyridis is not impacting C. quinquepunctata negatively, however, the unstable nature of ERS indicates that this specie is still at risk of sudden decline.

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LADYBIRDS (COLEOPTERA, COCCINELLIDAE) OVERWINTERING ON SCOTS PINE IN CENTRAL EUROPE

M. HOLECOVA1, P. ZACH2, K. HOLLA1, M. SEBESTOVA1, M. KLESNIAKOVA1, A. SESTAKOVA1, A. HONEK3, O. NEDVED4,5, M. PARAK2, Z. MARTINKOVA3, J. HOLEC1, S. VIGLASOVA2, M. BARTA2, J. KULFAN2

1 - Comenius University, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Zoology, Bratislava, Slovak Republic 2 - Institute of Forest Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Zvolen, Slovak Republic3 - Crop Research Institute, Prague, Czech Republic4 - University of South Bohemia, Faculty of Science, Czech Republic5 - Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology, Ceske Budejovice, Czech

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Overwintering of ladybirds (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in forests is studied only rarely. We surveyed la-dybirds in 10 stands of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris), all between 5 and 100 year old pine monocultures, in western Slovakia, Central Europe, over two successive periods October 2013 – March 2014 and October 2014 – March 2015, each period with exceptionally mild winter. Ladybirds were collected from the lower branches of pines using beating trays. In total 3965 individuals of 20 species were recorded. Three native species, Exochomus quadripustulatus, Coccinella septempunctata and Hippodamia variegata, and a non native harlequin ladybird Harmonia axyridis, were recorded continually between December and February. The number of species, the abundance of all ladybirds and the abundance of dominant species E. quad-ripustulatus, C. septempunctata and H. axyridis decreased from late autumn toward winter. Overwintering species assemblages of ladybirds changed over time and varied with age of pine stands. Our results suggest that Scots pine in Central Europe support species rich assemblages of ladybirds from late autumn to early spring and, being widely distributed, it could be suited to winter surveying of ladybirds at large spatial scales to reveal specific responses of species (i.e. persistence on trees) in changing weather or climate (APVV 15-0348, VEGA 2-0052-15 and VEGA 2-0012-17).

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NON-TARGET PHYLLOPHAGOUS INSECTS IN OAK FORESTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE AS POTENTIAL HOSTS OF ENTOMOPHAGA MAIMAIGA

M. BARTA1, M. ZÚBRIK2, J. KULFAN1, P. ZACH1, D. PILARSKA3,4, A. E. HAJEK5, T. D. BITTNER5, D. TAKOV3, A. KUNCA2, S. RELL2, A. HIRKA6, G. CSÓKA6

1 - Institute of Forest Ecology, Slovak Academy of Science, Ľ. Štúra 2, 960 53 Zvolen, Slovak Republic2 - National Forest Centre, Forest Protection Service, Lesnícka 11, 969 01 Banská Štiavnica, Slovak Republic3 - New Bulgarian University, Department of Natural Sciences, 21 Montevideo Str., Sofia 1618, Bulgaria4 - Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2 Gagarin Str., Sofia

1113, Bulgaria5 - Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-2601, USA6 - NARIC Forest Research Institute, Department of Forest Protection, Mátrafüred, Hungary

The gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar (Lepidoptera: Erebidae), is one of the most damaging defoliator of de-ciduous trees in Europe. In 1999, a new natural enemy of gypsy moth larvae, the entomopathogenic fungus Entomophaga maimaiga (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae), was successfully introduced into Bul-garia. At present, E. maimaiga is spreading fast in south-eastern and central Europe. It has been record-ed from Serbia, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, and Czech Republic. E. maimaiga, a fungus native to Japan, was introduced to the USA at the beginning of 20th century and became a major pathogen responsible for regulation of gypsy moth populations. Laboratory and field studies in the USA demonstrated its high host specificity. European oak forests harbour a very rich and diverse entomofauna, which consists of many uncommon, rare and protected species. E. maimaiga thus might pose a threat to such insect species. In this study, we evaluated presence of entomopathogens on non-target phytophagous larvae in Slovakia (two plots), Hungary (three plots) and Bulgaria (one plot). The surveys were conducted in areas where E. maimaiga had previously been reported and as many as 4,045 phytophagous larvae were collected. Totally, 45 (1.13%) collected larvae died due to fungal infections, but none of them was infected by E. maimaiga. Pathogens were identified as Beauveria bassiana, B. pseudobassiana, Zoophthora radicans, Aspergillus flavus and an unidentified species from Entomophthoraceae family. Mean prevalence of E. maimaiga infection in collected larvae reached 0.84% at the surveyed plots. Our results confirm a high host specificity of E. maimaiga to L. dispar.

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TRACKING AN ECTOPARASITIC FUNGUS OF HARMONIA AXYRIDIS IN NORTH AMERICA USING LITERATURE RECORDS AND CITIZEN SCIENCE DATA

D. HAELEWATERS1,2, F. Y. PAN3,4, J. Y. PAN5

1 - Farlow Reference Library and Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany, Harvard University, 22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.

2 - Current address: Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Branišovská 1760, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic.

3 - Phillips Academy Andover, 180 Main Street, Andover, MA 01810, USA.4 - Current address: Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA.5 - Reading Memorial High School, 62 Oakland Road, Reading, MA 01867, USA.

Hesperomyces virescens is a fungal ectoparasite (Laboulbeniales) that infects adult ladybirds. We recently discovered that H. virescens is a complex consisting of at least seven species, each specialized to different host species. One of these, H. harmoniae nom. prov., is only known from Harmonia axyridis from many countries around the world. We do not know the place this fungus originated. Was it imported into North America with Ha. axyridis upon introduction of the latter? Or did a host shift occur from a North Ameri-can native ladybird to Ha. axyridis, after which the fungus became more successful on the invader? From studies in the Netherlands and the USA, we know there is a significant gap between establishment of Ha. axyridis in the wild and the first observations of the fungus on this ladybird. Supposedly, the ladybird acquired the fungus after a certain time lag, providing some support for the hypothesis that H. harmoniae is a North American native fungus. We launched an initiative to create a dataset encompassing all available reports of the Ha. axyridis–H. harmoniae association in North America. Reports have been collected from the literature and online citizen science platforms Bugguide.com and iNaturalist. Using the records gath-ered through this initiative, available at beetlehangers.org, we constructed a map showing all occurrences, each with location information, collection date, collector(s) and source. The map will be searchable by date so we will be able to determine where in North America the association originated and track its distribu-tional expansion over the years.

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TRACKING NON-NATIVE LADYBIRD BEETLES (COLEOPTERA: COCCINELLIDAE): SETTING A PROJECT OF CITIZEN SCIENCE

H. R. CALADO1, H. E. ROY2, P. M. J. BROWN3, I. BORGES1, A. O. SOARES1

1 - Center for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes and Azorean Biodiversity Group (cE3c-BGA), Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of the Azores, 9501-801 Ponta Delgada, Portugal.

2 - Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford OX10 8BB2 - Anglia Rusking University, Department of Biology, East Road, Cambridge, CB1 1PT, UK

The present work intends to report the first advances made to the setting of a Citizen Science program in the Azores, in order to trace non-native ladybird beetles. Therefore, this work consisted, firstly, of data compilation and organization about native ladybirds historically recorded to the Azores, and, secondly, with that information to develop an interface with citizens, including the elaboration of a Webpage and a Smartphone application. This Webpage will allow the common citizen to give his contribution with infor-mation that may be used as well to the investigation on spatial distribution of native and alien species in the region. Besides that, and in order to help in the collection of data for the same platform, there were also elaborated field guides and laboratory protocols for the collection and identification of these organisms, always regarding the Citizen Science project. All protocols and dichotomous key were, subsequently, tested by groups of volunteers which belonged to schools in the cities of Ribeira Grande, Lagoa and Santa Casa da Misericórdia of Ribeira Grande.

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FROM PREDICTIONS TO PRIORITISATION: ASSESSMENT OF CURRENT AND FUTURE INVASIVE ALIEN SPECIES ON CYPRUS

J. PEYTON1, K. MARTINOU2, M. DEMETRIOU3, O. PESCOTT1, H. E. ROY1

1 - CEH, Wallingford, United Kingdom. 2 - JSHU, Akrotiri, Cyprus.3 - University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

Horizon-scanning for invasive alien species can lead to prioritisation and so inform decision-making and action. The scale and scope of horizon-scanning for IAS can be defined depending on the need. Here we report on horizon-scanning for IAS likely to arrive, establish and affect biodiversity and human health on a Mediterranean island, Cyprus. We used a two-step consensus building process in which experts re-viewed and scored lists of relevant alien species on their likelihood of arrival, establishment and potential to affect biodiversity and / or human health in the next ten years. The information collated provides an evidence base for preventive actions such as pathway control and contingency planning. Our study focused on Cyprus, with particular attention to its British Sovereign Base Areas, and is the first systematic horizon scan for alien species relevant to the Mediterranean. This work was a component of the project RIS-KY (Researching invasive species of Kýpros) funded by Darwin Plus (Defra and FCO).

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COLLABORATING TO MAP LADYBIRDS ACROSS EUROPE

H. E. ROY1, J. SKUHROVEC2, T. ADRIAENS3, P. M. J. BROWN4, A. HONEK2, A. F. INGHILESI5, K. KAZLAUSKIS1, O. NEDVED6, 7, G. RONDONI8, D. B. ROY1, A. O. SOARES9, S. VIGLASOVA10

1 - Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BB2 - Crop Research Institute, Prague 6, Ruzynĕ, Czech Republic 3 - INBO, Brussels, Belgium4 - Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK, CB1 5PT5 - Department of Biology, University of Florence, via Romana 17, 50125 Firenze, Italy University of Perugia,

Italy6 - Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia České Budějovice, Czech Republic7 - Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre České Budějovice, Czech Republic8 - University of Perugia, Italy9 - cE3c - ABG - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes and Azorean Biodiversity Group,

Department of Biology, University of the Azores, Ponta Delgada, Portugal10 - Institute of Forest Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Zvolen, Slovakia

Recording of ladybirds by volunteers has a long history in a number of European countries and beyond. However, there are inherent spatial, temporal and taxonomic biases within the data collated. Many Europe-an countries have not had involvement of volunteers through citizen science in recording. There are oppor-tunities to increase the scope of ladybird recording across Europe. Here we present a new smartphone app for recording conspicuous ladybird across Europe which will ultimately underpin large-scale and long-term analysis of ladybird trends.(simulated summer droughts). We will aim to answer the following questions: i) How do these changes affect the relative species abundance (e.g. variation in SADs) of arthropod guilds?; ii) Does the arthropod diversity change with changing climatic conditions? iii) Is there a replacement of key species and functional guilds of native arthropods? C) Use these results to determine if there are climate change indicators for the Azorean orchards. Delegate

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AFONSO, CATARINA RAIZ - Instituto de Investigação da Floresta e Papel ([email protected])

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AGUIAR, NICOLE University of the Azores ([email protected])

AMEIXA, OLGA Department of Biology & CESAM, University of Aveiro ([email protected])

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ARRUDA, PATRÍCIA University of the Azores ([email protected])

BARTA, MAREK Institute of Forest Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences ([email protected])

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BORGES, ISABEL University of the Azores ([email protected]) 31, 50

BROWN, PETER Anglia Ruskin University ([email protected]) 29, 39, 40, 46, 50, 52

CALADO, RENATO University of the Azores ([email protected]) 50

COLLATZ, JANA Agroscope ([email protected]) 24

DECLERCQ, PATRICK Ghent University, Dept of Plants & Crops ([email protected])

FARROW, RACHEL Anglia Rusking University, UK ([email protected]) 39, 46

GARCIA, PATRÍCIA University of the Azores([email protected])

GORYACHEVA, IRINA Vavilov Institute of General Genetics ([email protected]) 21

GREZ, AUDREY Universidad de Chile, Chile ([email protected]) 18, 38, 41

HAELEWATERS, DANNY University of South Bohemia ([email protected])

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HAYDEN, DOROTHY University , College Dublin, Ireland ([email protected])

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HAYE, TIM CABI ([email protected]) 27

HOCHKIRCH, AXEL Trier University, Germany ([email protected]) 23

HOLECOVÁ, MILADA Comenius University, Slovak Republic ([email protected])

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HONĚK, ALOIS Crop Research Institute ([email protected]) 45, 47, 52

KINDLMANN, PAVEL Global Change Research Institute CAS ([email protected])

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KLAPWIJK, JOHANNETTE Koppert B.V. ([email protected])

KULFAN, JAN Institute of Forest Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences ([email protected]) 47, 48

LOOMANS, ANTOON J. M. NRC, NPPO, NVWA, the Netherlands ([email protected])

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LOPES, DAVID HORTA University of the Azores ([email protected]) 37

LOSEY, JOHN Cornell University, USA ([email protected]) 42

MARTINKOVA, ZDENKA Crop Research Institute ([email protected]) 45, 47

MARTINOU, KELLY JSHU, Akrotiri, Cyprus ([email protected]) 51

MASON, PETER Ottawa Research and Development Centre, Canada ([email protected])

MEDAL, JULIO ([email protected])

MENDONÇA, ENÉSIMA University of the Azores ([email protected])

MIKSANEK, JAMES University of Minnesota ([email protected]) 25

NEDVĚD, OLDŘICH University of South Bohemia ([email protected]) 47, 52

NUNES, RUI University of the Azores ([email protected])

OLIVEIRA, RUBEN UNIVERSIY OF LISBON ([email protected])

ORLINSKI, ANDREI EPPO ([email protected]) 28

PONTE, JOÃO Government of the Azores ([email protected])

ROY, HELEN E. NERC CEH, UK ([email protected]) 22, 29, 30, 39, 40, 45, 46, 50, 51, 52

SANTOS, VASCO University of Aveiro ([email protected])

SILVA, LUÍS University of the Azores ([email protected]) 17

SKUHROVEC, JIŘÍ Crop Research Institute ([email protected]) 45, 52

SOARES, ANTÓNIO ONOFRE University of the Azores ([email protected]) 18, 20, 31, 35, 38, 50, 52

ŠTÍPKOVÁ, ZUZANA Global Change Research Institute CAS ([email protected]) 32, 33

STRAUSS, GUDRUN Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) ([email protected])

VENTURA, MARIA A. University of the Azores ([email protected])

WERENKRAUT, VICTORIA Laboratorio Ecotono INIBIOMA - CONICET, Argentina ([email protected])

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WEYMAN, GILL University of Cork, Ireland ([email protected])

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