TY  - JOUR
AU  - Tosevski, Ivo
AU  - Sing, Sharlene
AU  - Caldara, Roberto
AU  - Weaver, David
AU  - Jovic, Jelena
AU  - Krstić, Oliver
AU  - Hinz, Hariet
PY  - 2023
UR  - https://plantarum.izbis.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/709
AB  - A seed-feeding weevil introduced to North America (NA) as a biological control agent of the invasive toadflax Linaria dalmatica (L.) Mill., identified then as Gymnetron antirrhini “Dalmatian host race” and subsequently confirmed as established, was revealed through our study to be a separate species, i.e., Rhinusa dieckmanni (Behne) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). This weevil species was presumed to be endemic in its native range, with a distribution restricted to Mount Rila in southwestern Bulgaria. We conducted a comprehensive study of seed-feeding weevils associated with L. dalmatica, L. dalmatica ssp. macedonica (Griseb.) D.A. Sutton, L. genistifolia (L.) Mill., and L. grandiflora Desf. across a broad geographic area of their native range. Those results revealed that all four host plants were used by R. dieckmanni and thus the native geographic range of the species is wider than expected, encompassing the Balkans and the Anatolian Plateau. Our observations suggest that phenotypes of this weevil are highly variable and dependent on the seed capsule size of the Linaria host population. The haplotype network based on mitochondrial COII, 16S genes, and nuclear EF 1-α gene genealogy confirmed the conspecific nature of geographically distant weevil populations, that is, R. dieckmanni phenotypes utilizing L. genistifolia, L. dalmatica, and L. grandiflora for larval development. Specimens collected from L. dalmatica in the northwestern USA shared the same haplotypes as samples from L. dalmatica ssp. macedonica in southwestern North Macedonia, supporting the known introduction history of the North American population. Females from these populations have relatively short rostrums, which may limit their reproductive success on North American invasive L. dalmatica with larger seed capsules.
PB  - Elsevier
T2  - Biological Control
T1  - Retrospective use of integrative taxonomy in classical biological control: The unintentional introduction of the weevil Rhinusa dieckmanni to North America
VL  - 183
DO  - 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2023.105270
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Tosevski, Ivo and Sing, Sharlene and Caldara, Roberto and Weaver, David and Jovic, Jelena and Krstić, Oliver and Hinz, Hariet",
year = "2023",
abstract = "A seed-feeding weevil introduced to North America (NA) as a biological control agent of the invasive toadflax Linaria dalmatica (L.) Mill., identified then as Gymnetron antirrhini “Dalmatian host race” and subsequently confirmed as established, was revealed through our study to be a separate species, i.e., Rhinusa dieckmanni (Behne) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). This weevil species was presumed to be endemic in its native range, with a distribution restricted to Mount Rila in southwestern Bulgaria. We conducted a comprehensive study of seed-feeding weevils associated with L. dalmatica, L. dalmatica ssp. macedonica (Griseb.) D.A. Sutton, L. genistifolia (L.) Mill., and L. grandiflora Desf. across a broad geographic area of their native range. Those results revealed that all four host plants were used by R. dieckmanni and thus the native geographic range of the species is wider than expected, encompassing the Balkans and the Anatolian Plateau. Our observations suggest that phenotypes of this weevil are highly variable and dependent on the seed capsule size of the Linaria host population. The haplotype network based on mitochondrial COII, 16S genes, and nuclear EF 1-α gene genealogy confirmed the conspecific nature of geographically distant weevil populations, that is, R. dieckmanni phenotypes utilizing L. genistifolia, L. dalmatica, and L. grandiflora for larval development. Specimens collected from L. dalmatica in the northwestern USA shared the same haplotypes as samples from L. dalmatica ssp. macedonica in southwestern North Macedonia, supporting the known introduction history of the North American population. Females from these populations have relatively short rostrums, which may limit their reproductive success on North American invasive L. dalmatica with larger seed capsules.",
publisher = "Elsevier",
journal = "Biological Control",
title = "Retrospective use of integrative taxonomy in classical biological control: The unintentional introduction of the weevil Rhinusa dieckmanni to North America",
volume = "183",
doi = "10.1016/j.biocontrol.2023.105270"
}

Tosevski, I., Sing, S., Caldara, R., Weaver, D., Jovic, J., Krstić, O.,& Hinz, H.. (2023). Retrospective use of integrative taxonomy in classical biological control: The unintentional introduction of the weevil Rhinusa dieckmanni to North America. in Biological Control
Elsevier., 183.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2023.105270

Tosevski I, Sing S, Caldara R, Weaver D, Jovic J, Krstić O, Hinz H. Retrospective use of integrative taxonomy in classical biological control: The unintentional introduction of the weevil Rhinusa dieckmanni to North America. in Biological Control. 2023;183.
doi:10.1016/j.biocontrol.2023.105270 .

Tosevski, Ivo, Sing, Sharlene, Caldara, Roberto, Weaver, David, Jovic, Jelena, Krstić, Oliver, Hinz, Hariet, "Retrospective use of integrative taxonomy in classical biological control: The unintentional introduction of the weevil Rhinusa dieckmanni to North America" in Biological Control, 183 (2023),
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2023.105270 . .