Emets V.M. 2022. [Southern thermophilic shield bug Rhaphigaster nebulosa (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) in the Biosphere Nature Reserve “Voronezhsky” in central Russia in 2016–2020] // Euroasian Entomological Journal. Vol.21. No.1:49–53 [in Russian, with English summary].
The Peskov Voronezhsky State Natural Biosphere Reserve, Tsentralnaja Usadba, Goszapovednik, Voronezh 394080 Russia. E-mail: emets.victor@yandex.ru
doi 10.15298/euroasentj.21.1.08
ABSTRACT. The data of 2016–2020 years about finds of the southern thermophilic dendrobiont shield bug Rhaphigaster nebulosa in the territory of the Biosphere Nature Reservation “Voronezhsky” (northern latitude — 51°52.5') are reviewed. It is a new species for the fauna of the Reservation and the northernmost location in European Russia.
KEY WORDS: Shield bugs, Rhaphigaster nebulosa, penetration, naturalization, Biosphere Nature Reservation.