Trichopoda pictipennis
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Parasitoid of native stink bug Nezara viridula (Linnaeus, 1758). This parasitism has not been observed in Cyprus but has been reported from multiple European countries (Kazilas et al. 2020)
In Europe, the fly was accidentally introduced in Italy, around the 1980s, presumed through shipment carrying its host, N. viridula (Colazza et al. 1996).
Colazza S, Giangiuliani G, Bin F (1996) Fortuitous introduction and successful establishment of Trichopoda pennipes F.: adult parasitoid of Nezara viridula (L.). Biological Control 6: 409–411. https://doi.org/10.1006/bcon.1996.0053
Kazilas C, Demetriou J, Kalaentzis K (2020) Filling the gaps in the distribution of an alien species: The case of the feather-legged fly Trichopoda pennipes (Diptera: Tachinidae) in the Western Palearctic. Entomologia Hellenica 29: 8-16. https://doi.org/10.12681/eh.21774
Dios R, Ziegler J, Zeegers T (2021) The American genus Trichopoda (Diptera: Tachinidae) in Europe - Decades of a misidentified invasive species. Beiträge zur Entomologie 71(2): 221 – 225. http://dx.doi.org/10.21248/contrib.entomol.71.2.221-225