EPPO Global Database

Anisandrus maiche(ANIDMA)

Distribution details in Switzerland

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2024: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2022
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present, only in some parts of the country (2022-07)
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2022/148) : 27 individuals found in traps in two locations of South-East Switzerland (canton of Ticino) at the end of June 2022.

From Ribeiro-Correia et al. (2024): further surveys conducted in 2022 caught more specimens (715 in total) in 40 sites in Ticino and 1 site in Grisons. The symbiont of A. maiche (Ambrosiella cleistominuta) was also detected.
References
* NPPO of Switzerland (2022-07).

* Ribeiro-Correia JP, Prospero S, Beenken L, Biedermann PHW, Blaser S, Branco M, Chittaro Y, Frey D, Hölling D, Kaya SO, Knížek M, Mittelstrass J, Ruffner B, Sanchez A, Brockerhoff EG (2024) Distribution of the invasive ambrosia beetle Anisandrus maiche (Coleoptera, Scolytinae) in Switzerland and first record in Europe of its ambrosia fungus Ambrosiella cleistominuta. Alpine Entomology 8, 35-49. https://doi.org/10.3897/alpento.8.117537
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Italy Present, restricted distribution view...