Checklist of the Swiss species
Coccinellinae Latreille, 1807
Chilocorini Mulsant, 1846
Chilocorus bipustulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Chilocorus renipustulatus (L. G. Scriba, 1791)
[Chilocorus similis (P. Rossi, 1790)] C1
Exochomus oblongus Weidenbach, 1859 C2
Exochomus quadripustulatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Parexochomus nigromaculatus (Goeze, 1777) C3
Coccidulini Mulsant, 1846
Coccidula rufa (Herbst, 1783)
Coccidula scutellata (Herbst, 1783)
[Cryptolaemus montrouzieri montrouzieri Mulsant, 1853] C4
Rhyzobius chrysomeloides (Herbst, 1792)
Rhyzobius forestieri (Mulsant, 1853) C5
Rhyzobius litura (Fabricius, 1787)
Rhyzobius lophanthae (Blaisdell, 1892) C6
Coccinellini Latreille, 1807
Adalia (Adalia) bipunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Adalia (Adalia) decempunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Adalia (Adaliomorpha) conglomerata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Anatis ocellata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Anisosticta novemdecimpunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Aphidecta obliterata (Linnaeus, 1758)
[Bulaea lichatschovii (Hummel, 1827)] C7
Calvia decemguttata (Linnaeus, 1767)
Calvia quatuordecimguttata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Calvia quindecimguttata (Fabricius, 1777) C8
Ceratomegilla (Adaliopsis) alpina alpina (A. Villa & G. B. Villa, 1835)
Ceratomegilla (Adaliopsis) alpina redtenbacheri (Capra, 1928) C9
Ceratomegilla (Ceratomegilla) notata (Laicharting, 1781)
Ceratomegilla (Ceratomegilla) rufocincta doderoi (Capra, 1944)
[Ceratomegilla (Ceratomegilla) rufocincta rufocincta (Mulsant, 1850)] C10
Ceratomegilla (Ceratomegilla) undecimnotata (D. H. Schneider, 1792)
Coccinella (Chelonitis) venusta adalioides (Capra, 1944) C11
Coccinella (Coccinella) hieroglyphica hieroglyphica Linnaeus, 1758
Coccinella (Coccinella) magnifica L. Redtenbacher, 1843
Coccinella (Coccinella) quinquepunctata Linnaeus, 1758
Coccinella (Coccinella) septempunctata Linnaeus, 1758
Coccinella (Coccinella) trifasciata trifasciata Linnaeus, 1758 C12
[Coccinella (Spilota) undecimpunctata undecimpunctata Linnaeus, 1758] C13
Coccinula quatuordecimpustulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Halyzia sedecimguttata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Harmonia axyridis (Pallas, 1773)
Harmonia quadripunctata (Pontoppidan, 1763)
Hippodamia (Hemisphaerica) septemmaculata (DeGeer, 1775)
Hippodamia (Hemisphaerica) tredecimpunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Hippodamia (Hippodamia) variegata (Goeze, 1777)
Myrrha (Myrrha) octodecimguttata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Myzia oblongoguttata oblongoguttata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Oenopia conglobata conglobata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Oenopia impustulata (Linnaeus, 1767) C14
Oenopia lyncea agnatha (Rosenhauer, 1847)
Propylea quatuordecimpunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Psyllobora (Thea) vigintiduopunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sospita vigintiguttata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata (Linnaeus, 1761)
Vibidia duodecimguttata (Poda von Neuhaus, 1761)
Epilachnini Mulsant, 1850
[Chnootriba elaterii (P. Rossi, 1794)] C15
Cynegetis impunctata (Linnaeus, 1767)
Henosepilachna argus (Geoffroy, 1785)
[Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata (Fabricius, 1775)] C16
Subcoccinella vigintiquatuorpunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Hyperaspidini Mulsant, 1846
Hyperaspis (Hyperaspis) campestris (Herbst, 1783)
Hyperaspis (Hyperaspis) concolor (Suffrian, 1843) C17
[Hyperaspis (Hyperaspis) erythrocephala (Fabricius, 1787)] C18
Hyperaspis (Hyperaspis) peezi Fürsch, 1976 C19
Hyperaspis (Hyperaspis) pseudopustulata Mulsant, 1853 C20
[Hyperaspis (Hyperaspis) quadrimaculata (Redtenbacher, 1843)] C21
Hyperaspis (Hyperaspis) reppensis (Herbst, 1783)
Noviini Mulsant, 1850
[Novius cardinalis] (Mulsant, 1850) C22
Platynaspidini Mulsant, 1846
Platynaspis luteorubra (Goeze, 1777)
Scymnini Mulsant, 1846
Clitostethus arcuatus (P. Rossi, 1794) C23
Nephus (Bipunctatus) bipunctatus (Kugelann, 1794)
Nephus (Bipunctatus) bisignatus (Fürsch, 1984) C24
[Nephus (Bipunctatus) kiesenwetteri (Mulsant, 1850)] C25
[Nephus (Nephus) binotatus (C. N. F. Brisout de Barneville, 1863)] C26
Nephus (Nephus) quadrimaculatus (Herbst, 1783)
Nephus (Nephus) redtenbacheri (Mulsant, 1846)
Scymniscus anomus (Mulsant & Rey, 1852) C27
[Scymniscus horioni (Fürsch, 1965)] C28
Scymnus (Neopullus) ater Kugelann, 1794
Scymnus (Neopullus) haemorrhoidalis Herbst, 1797
Scymnus (Neopullus) limbatus Stephens, 1832
Scymnus (Parapullus) abietis (Paykull, 1798)
Scymnus (Pullus) auritus Thunberg, 1795
Scymnus (Pullus) ferrugatus (Moll, 1785)
[Scymnus (Pullus) fraxini Mulsant, 1850] C29
Scymnus (Pullus) impexus Mulsant, 1850
Scymnus (Pullus) subvillosus (Goeze, 1777)
Scymnus (Pullus) suturalis Thunberg, 1795
Scymnus (Scymnus) apetzi Mulsant, 1846
Scymnus (Scymnus) doriae Capra, 1924 C30
Scymnus (Scymnus) femoralis (Gyllenhal, 1827)
Scymnus (Scymnus) frontalis (Fabricius, 1787)
Scymnus (Scymnus) interruptus (Goeze, 1777)
[Scymnus (Scymnus) marginalis (P. Rossi, 1794)] C31
Scymnus (Scymnus) nigrinus Kugelann, 1794
Scymnus (Scymnus) rubromaculatus (Goeze, 1777)
Scymnus (Scymnus) schmidti Fürsch, 1958
Scymnus (Scymnus) suffrianioides apetzoides (Capra & Fürsch, 1967)
Stethorini Dobrzhanskiy, 1924
Stethorus (Stethorus) pusillus (Herbst, 1797)
Commented species
C1) [Chilocorus similis (P. Rossi, 1790)]
Published data.1,8)Aigle by Jaccard H. (Jaccard 1890); 1,8)Puschlav [Poschiavo] by Killias E., 1,8)Chur in der Au, 1848, by Kriechbaumer J. and 1,8)Chur, 1887, by Killias E. (Caflisch 1894); 1,8)[Schweiz] (Stierlin 1898).
Comment. None of the numerous citations in the older literature are reliable, as none of them are supported by specimens in the examined collections. In the Paleartic region, C. similis is only known from Italy, but absent from Sardinia (Canepari 2011).
C2) Exochomus oblongus Weidenbach, 1859
Fig. 1A
Examined material. 1 ex., GR, Eng. [Engadin], V. d’Uina, VII.1972, leg. Toumayeff G., MHNG.
Comment. This very rare species which develops on pines (probably Pinus mugo Turra in Switzerland) and perhaps also on spruce (Picea spp.) and juniper (Juniperus spp.) in peat bogs, is only present in Germany (Bavarian region and Baden-Württemberg), in Austria and Italy (Tyrol), and very sporadically in Czech Republic, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Only one specimen was found in Switzerland in the canton of Grisons at 1800 meters above the sea level, close to the Tyrol region. Considered as belonging to the Swiss fauna, the species has not been found in Switzerland for 50 years, and further research is necessary to identify a real native population.
C3) Parexochomus nigromaculatus (Goeze, 1777)
Fig. 1B
Examined material. 7 ex., Bern, leg. Benteli F., det. Kreissl E., NMBE; 1 ex., Genève, Gr. Saconnex, leg. Anonymous, coll. Zehr S., MHNG; 1 ex., Genf, leg. Lasserre, ETH; 3,4,6)1 ex., Wallis, leg. Anonymous, det. Kreissl E., NMBE; 3,4,6)1 ex., Helvet. [Helvetia], leg. Anonymous, ETH; 3)2 ♂, Kt. Genf, leg. Täschler M., coll. Linder A., ETH; 3 ex., Pomy, leg. & coll. Mellet L., MZL; 3,4,6)1 ex., Wallis, leg. Anonymous, NMBE; 1 ex., Peney, VII.1908, leg. Tournier H., MHNG; 1 ex., Genève, Jussy, 2.VII.1918, leg. Zehr S., MHNG; 1 ex., Châtelaine, 27.V.1921, leg. & coll. Simonet J., MHNG; 1 ex., London [Allondon], 15.VI.1943, leg. & coll. Simonet J., MHNG.
Published data.1)Genf by Chevrier F. (Stierlin and Gautard 1867); 1)Seeland b. Kerzers by Rätzer A. (Rätzer 1888); Switzerland, uncertain data (Nedvěd 2015).
Comment.Parexochomus nigromaculatus is widely distributed in Europe. It is known from all France and Corsica (Nicolas and Pique 2008; Callot 2009; Nicolas 2009; Coutanceau 2014) but its presence was considered uncertain in Switzerland by Nedvěd (2015). However, several Swiss specimens exist in the examined collections, especially in the Geneva area, but the species has not been found for almost 80 years. Further research is needed to confirm if this species is still present in Switzerland. It is found on different species of deciduous and coniferous trees and plants, including pine trees (Pinus spp.), European blueberry (Vaccinium myrtillus L.), willows (Salix spp.), heathers (Calluna spp., Erica spp.), gorses (Ulex spp.), brooms (Cytisus spp.), junipers (Juniperus spp.) and oaks (Quercus spp.) (Nicolas and Pique 2008; Nedvěd 2015; Classen et al. 2016; Klausnitzer 2019b, 2020), especially in the moorlands, where it feeds on coccids (and aphids (Coutanceau 2014)), especially Peliococcus calluneti (Lindinger, 1912), Phyllostroma myrtilli (Kaltenbach, 1874) and Rhizococcus devoniensis (Green, 1896) (Klausnitzer 2019b).
C4) [Cryptolaemus montrouzieri montrouzieri Mulsant, 1853]
Examined material.8)11 ex., Suisse, Lucerne, Grossdietwil, IV.1993, leg. & det. Andermatt Biocontrol Suisse AG, MHNG.
Comment. This Australian species is now established in the Paleartic region after several introductions on the continent for biological control of mealybugs (Hemiptera, Pseudococcidae) (Franco et al. 1994; Roy and Migeon 2010; Klausnitzer 2020). It was first recorded in Europe in Italy in 1908 (Canepari 2007; Roy and Migeon 2010) and in 1918 in France (Coutanceau 2014) where it is now principally known from the Mediterranean coast (Midi and Corsica), even if a case of urban reproduction (specimens escaped from a green house) was also reported in the north of the country (Cloupeau et al. 2012; Coutanceau 2014). In Switzerland, 11 specimens were found in 1993 in the canton of Luzern by a company commercializing this species as a biological control agent. They are therefore certainly the result of introductions. Nevertheless, it seems that this species has not become established and therefore is not considered as belonging to the Swiss fauna. Cryptolaemus montrouzieri montrouzieri is sensitive to cold and it seems that it cannot overwinter in the field in Central Europe at the moment (Klausnitzer 2020). Nevertheless, the species is still commercialized for biological control in Switzerland and may therefore be found again in the future.
C5) Rhyzobius forestieri (Mulsant, 1853)
Examined material. 1 ex., Brissago TI, 3.VII.2022, leg. & coll. Chittaro Y.; 1 ♂, Mendrisio TI, 5.VII.2022, leg. & coll. Chittaro Y.
Comment.Rhyzobius forestieri is a species of Australian origin imported in Europe in the 1980s for the biological control of the Olive Scale Saissetia oleae (Olivier, 1791) (Hemiptera, Coccidae) (Katsoyannos 1984). In Switzerland’s neighboring countries, it is acclimatized since 1987 in France (Cloupeau and Durand 2010) and in Italy (Canovai and Raspi 1999), but never seems to have been reported in Germany or in Austria. In 2022, two specimens were found in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland, in two localities several tens of kilometers apart, in good natural environments. Since to our knowledge the species has never been introduced in Switzerland, we suspect a natural colonization of Ticino from Italy.
C6) Rhyzobius lophanthae (Blaisdell, 1892)
Fig. 1C
Examined material. 1 ex., CH, TI, Lugano, Mt. Brè-Vetta, 11.–20.VII.1983, leg. Rezbanyai-Reser L., NMLU; 1 ex., CH, TI, Meride, San Antonio, 1.–10.-VIII.1991, leg. Rezbanyai-Reser L., NMLU; 1 ex., TI, S. Pietro, Mte Albano, VIII.1991, leg. Station fédérale de recherches agronomiques Changins, MHNG; 1 ex., CH, TI, Mezzana, Balerna, 11.–20.VI.1997, leg. Rezbanyai-Reser L., NMLU; 1 ex., Meinier GE, 30.V.–5.VI.2015, leg. Faye J. D., LEBA; 5 ex., Meinier GE, 30.VI.–15.VII.2015, 15.–31.VII.2015, 31.VII.–15-VIII.2015, leg. Faye J. D., LEBA; 2 ex., Meyrin GE, 28.VI.–11.VII.2016, 11.–25.VII.2016, leg. Monod V., LEBA; 1 ex., Gy GE, 26.VI.–10.VII.2017, leg. Bessat M., LEBA; 1 ♂, Jaun FR, 4.–24.VI.2019, leg. Hauser G., MHNF; 1 ♂, Jaun FR, 15.VII.–11.VIII.2019, leg. Giriens S., coll. Chittaro Y.; 1 ex., Morges VD, 22.II.2020, leg. & coll. Chittaro Y.; 1 ex., Signy-Avenex VD, 8.VII.–1.VIII.2020, leg., det. & coll. Breitenmoser S.; 1 ex., Fully VS, 20.VII.2022, leg. Sierro A., coll. Chittaro Y.
Published data. Most of the data above in Sanchez et al. (2021).
Comment. The situation of this exotic species, now established in Switzerland, was extensively detailed in Sanchez et al. (2021). Since this publication, several new specimens have been found in the country, which seems to show that R. lophanthae continues its expansion in the country.
C7) [Bulaea lichatschovii (Hummel, 1827)]
Examined material.3,4,6,8)3 ex., Genève, leg. Poncy E., coll. Maerky C., MHNG; 3,4,6,8)3 ex., Genève, Lancy, leg. Fries A., coll. Maerky C., MHNG; 3,8)4 ex., Genf, leg. Lasserre H., ETH; 3,4,6,8)2 ex., Suisse, Nyon, leg. Poncy E., coll. Maerky C., MHNG.
Published data.1,8)[Schweiz] by Heer O. (Bremi-Wolf 1856); 1,8)Genf by Chevrier F. (Stierlin and Gautard 1867); 1,8)Visp by Rätzer (Rätzer 1888).
Comment. This species is present in Africa and in the eastern Palearctic region and has been occasionally introduced in Central Europe (Ali et al. 2014; Nedvěd 2015; Biranvand et al. 2017). All the examined specimens belong to problematic collections (see Monnerat et al. 2015) and therefore this species is not considered as belonging to the Swiss fauna. Bulaea lichatschovii feeds on plants (mostly pollen) of Chenopodiaceae.
C8) Calvia quindecimguttata (Fabricius, 1777)
Fig. 1D
Examined material.3)1 ex., Tessin, leg. Ghidini A., coll. Maerky C., MHNG; 1 ex., Mendrisio, 21.VII., leg. Frey-Gessner E., MHNG; 3)1 ex., Suisse, Mendrisio, 24.VII., leg. & coll. Maerky C., MHNG; 3)3 ex., Suisse, Agno, 29.VII., leg. & coll. Maerky C., MHNG; 1 ex., TI, Locarno, V.1934, leg. & coll. Toumayeff G., MHNG; 1 ex., Bioggio, 24.V.1955, leg. & coll. Simonet J., MHNG; 1 ex., CH, LU, Sempach, Vogelwarte, IX.1980, leg. Rezbanyai-Reser L., det. Herger P., NMLU.
Published data.1)Genf and Vallorbes by Lasserre H., 1)Schaffhausen by Stierlin G. and 1)Wallis by Venetz I. (Stierlin and Gautard 1867); Mendrisio by Frey-Gessner E. (Stierlin 1883); 1)Alpes de Moerell [Mörel] and 1)Glacier d’Aletsch by Martin C. (Favre 1890); 1)[Schweiz] and 1)Schaffhausen (Stierlin 1898); 1)Chiasso by Fontana P. (Fontana 1947); 1 ex., LU, Sempach, Vogelwarte, 21.–30.IX.1980, leg. Rezbanyai-Reser L. (Rintelen and Herger 1997); Switzerland (Kovář 2007; Nedvěd 2015).
Comment. Even though this species was frequently recorded from Switzerland in the old literature, only a small number of records can be reliably assigned to this species, confirming the presence of a few scattered populations within the country. Very rare and localized in Switzerland, this species was principally found in the south of the country, in the canton of Ticino, although one specimen was found in the canton of Luzern in 1980 using a light trap (the attraction by light was already noticed by Klausnitzer (2019, 2020)). Calvia quindecimguttata lives in deciduous forests in wetlands, marshes and pond banks, mainly on alders (Alnus spp.) and willows, where it feeds on aphids, psocopterans and immature stages of chrysomelids (probably Agelastica alni (Linnaeus, 1758) or Plagiosterna aenea (Linnaeus, 1758)) (Nedvěd 2015; Klausnitzer 2019b, 2020). It is fairly widely distributed in Central Europe but is always considered as rare.
C9) Ceratomegilla alpina redtenbacheri (Capra, 1928)
Fig. 1E
Examined material. 1 ex., Suisse, Grisons, Val Mora, 3.VIII.1974, leg. Besuchet C., det. Fürsch H., MHNG.
Comment.Ceratomegilla alpina is represented by two subspecies in the Palearctic region: C. a. alpina is present in Austria, France (Alps), Italy (north), Liechtenstein and Switzerland, and C. a. redtenbacheri is present in Austria (Alps), Bosnia and Herzegovina (Kulijer 2015), Bulgaria, Germany (Bayern), Poland (Tatra), Romania, Slovakia (Tatra) and Ukraine (Karpaty). If the nominal subspecies is very widely distributed in the Alps in Switzerland and sometimes quite abundant at altitude, the same is not true for the subspecies redtenbacheri, which is only known from one specimen, captured in flight at 2200 m in the Val Müstair region, bordering the Tyrol, where the species is also known. Specific research is necessary to confirm the presence of a real native population or the validity of the subspecies distinction.
C10) [Ceratomegilla (Ceratomegilla) rufocincta rufocincta (Mulsant, 1850)]
Published data.1)Switzerland (Kovář 2007).
Comment.Ceratomegilla rufocincta is represented by two subspecies in Europe: C. r. rufocincta and C. r. doderoi. No specimens referring to the nominal subspecies were found in the controlled collections in Switzerland, but the alpine subspecies doderoi occurs in our country at high elevation. Kovář (2007) announced the nominal subspecies from Italy (Alps) and Switzerland. Coutanceau (2014) does not consider any subspecies and announced C. rufocincta from the southern Alps in France, Italy and Switzerland. This taxon is not considered as belonging to the Swiss fauna.
C11) Coccinella (Chelonitis) venusta adalioides (Capra, 1944)
Fig. 1F
Examined material. 1 ex., Kt. Wallis, Col de Fenêtre, VII.1903, leg. [Steck T.], coll. Linder A., ETH; 1 ex., Simplon VS, 26.VI.2013, leg. Marggi W., coll. Sanchez A.
Published data. Col de Fenêtre, VII.1903, coll. Steck T. (Linder 1953); Walliser Alpen (Fürsch 1967); 1)1 ex., VS, Breithorn, 18.VII.1984 by Kiener S. (Kiener 1995).
Comment. This species is represented by two subspecies: C. venusta venusta (J. Weise, 1879) and C. venusta adalioides. Kovář (2007) announces the nominal subspecies only from the French Alps and the subspecies adalioides only from the Italian Alps. Coutanceau (2014) announces the nominal subspecies from the French Alps and from Italy, whereas he mentions adalioides from the Alpes-maritimes in France and from Italy. In Switzerland, only two specimens belonging to the subspecies adalioides were found, in the Alps in the canton of Valais. The specimen from the Breithorn cited by Kiener (1995) was not found in any collection. Coccinella venusta adalioides is found in high altitude meadows, in low vegetation, under rocks and at the foot of cliffs, sometimes with the morphologically similar Ceratomegilla rufocincta doderoi. Additional surveying in the Valais may yield reliable data on this species.
C12) Coccinella (Coccinella) trifasciata trifasciata Linnaeus, 1758
Fig. 1G
Examined material. 1 ex., Helvet., leg. Anonymous, ETH; 2 ex., Stürvis, leg. & coll. Killias E., BNM; 2 ex., Stürvis, leg. Anonymous, det. Besuchet C., BNM; 3)1 ex., Suisse, leg. Mellet A., coll. Maerky C., MHNG; 3)1 ex., Hte Engadine, VIII., leg. & coll. Toumayeff G., MHNG; 2 ex., Alp La Schera, 28.VII.1919, 3.VIII.1921, leg. & coll. Handschin E., BNM; 1 ex., Stavelchod, 10.VIII.1921, leg. & coll. Handschin E., BNM; 1 ex., Albula, Zavretta, 30.V.1950, leg. Wolf J.-P., ETH; 1 ex., Albula, 13.VII.1950, leg. Wolf J.-P., ETH; 1 ex., Buffalora, 17.VI.1952, leg. & coll. Handschin, BNM; 23 ex., Kt. Graubünden, Scanfs, VII.1952, leg. Linder A., coll. Besuchet C., MZL, coll. Linder A., ETH, coll. Louis P., NMBE, coll. Schenk H., NMBE, coll. Toumayeff G., MHNG; 2 ex., Bernina, VIII.1964, leg. & det. Linder A., NMBE; 1 ex., Bernina, VIII.1964, leg. & det. Linder A., coll. Kiener S., MHNG; 1 ex., Flumserberg, Zieger, 13.VII.1965, leg. Hugentobler H., MHNG; 1 ex., GR, PNS [Parc national Suisse – swiss national park], Munt la Schera, 8.VIII.1977, leg. & coll. Scherler P., NMBE; 1 ex., Ofenpass, 17.VII.1985, leg. Rössler G., det. Besuchet C., TLMF; 1 ex., Pontresina, 22.VII.1986, leg., det. & coll. Köstlin R., SMNS; 2 ex., Zermatt VS, 8.VII.2022, 18.VII.2022, leg. & coll. Sanchez A.
Published data. Morteratsch-Gletscher and am Paradies by Meyer-Dür R. L. (Stierlin 1862); Stürviser Alp in Bündten by Killias E. (Stierlin 1883); Davos by Nagel H. and Stürviser Alp by Stoffel A. (Caflisch 1894); Oberengadin (Stierlin 1898); Alp la Schera, 28.VII.1919, by Handschin E., Alp la Schera, 3.VIII.1921, Stabelchod, 10.VIII.1921, by Handschin E. and Buffalora, VI.1953, by Aubert J. (Handschin 1963); Flumserberg, Zieger, VII.1965, by Hugentobler H. (Hugentobler 1966); Arosa by Müller-Rutz J., Bernina and Scanfs by Linder A. and Vals by Jörger J. B. (Linder 1967).
Comment. In the Palearctic region, this species is only represented by the nominal subspecies, distributed in Austria, Belarus, Finland, Italy, Norway, Russia, Sweden and Switzerland. In this last country, C. trifasciata trifasciata is rare and localized and seemed restricted to the east, where it was not found for more than 30 years. Nevertheless, it was found in 2022 in an alpine meadow located at 2640 m, in the region of Zermatt, located much further west. Little information is available concerning its ecology except for its presence at high altitude in Switzerland.
C13) [Coccinella (Spilota) undecimpunctata undecimpunctata Linnaeus, 1758]
Examined material.3)1 ex., Genève, Sierne, leg. & coll. Maerky C., MHNG; 3)1 ♂, Genf, leg. Lasserre H., ETH; 3)1 ex., Suisse, Valais, leg. Odier J., coll. Maerky C., MHNG; 3)1 ex., Veyrier, 15.VI., leg. Maerky C., MHNG; 3)1 ex., Alpes, Forclaz, 21.VI., leg. & coll. Maerky C., MHNG; 3)7 ex., Zurich, VIII., leg. & coll. Toumayeff G., MHNG; 3)3 ex., Chancy, 2.IX., leg. Maerky C., MHNG; 3)1 ex., Alpes vaudoises, 21.VII.1887, leg. & coll. Gaud A., MZL.
Published data.1)Suisse (Fuesslin 1775); 3)Genf by Lasserre H., 1)Lausanne by Mellet L. and 1)Peney by Genf by Tournier H. (Stierlin and Gautard 1867); 1)Chiasso by Fontana P. (Fontana 1947); 2)Blaisch Bella, 9.VII.1945 and 1)Val Plavna, 30.VII.1953 by Handschin E. (Handschin 1963).
Comment. All examined specimens belong to problematic collections that should not be considered (see Monnerat et al. 2015). None of the numerous citations in the older literature are reliable, as none of them are based on dissected male specimens and may refer to other species. Therefore, this species is not considered as belonging to the Swiss fauna according to the scarce information available. Concerning the literature data from Handschin (1963), two specimens from Blaisch Bella (9.VII.1945) were found in the Handschin collection at the BNM but they were C. quinquepunctata. For the data from Val Plavna, no specimens with such information were found in the Handschin’s collection. This species has halophilic preferences and usually lives near the sea or in salt marshes, conditions that obviously do not exist in Switzerland. Coccinella undecimpunctata undecimpunctata is rare in Central Europe : Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland and Slovakia (Kovář 2007; Klausnitzer B. pers. comm.). The species is mainly aphidophagous, but can also feed on coccids, nectar and pollen (Nicolas and Pique 2008; Nicolas 2009; Canepari 2011; Nedvěd 2015). According to Nicolas and Pique (2008), it has been caught in Aisne in France on herbaceous plants found in wastelands and along roadsides, on black pines (Pinus nigra J. F. Arnold) but also on deciduous trees like Salix cinerea L. and Quercus robur L. It overwinters among stones and in buildings (Nedvěd 2015).
C14) Oenopia impustulata (Linnaeus, 1767)
Fig. 1H
Examined material. 5 ex., Katz. [Katzensee], leg. & coll. Hugentobler H., ETH; 2 ex., Genève, La Batie, VI.1949, leg. & coll. Toumayeff G., MHNG; 1 ex., Genève, Chancy, IV.1956, leg. & coll. Toumayeff G., MHNG; 7 ex., 29.IV.–23.V.2022, 22.VI.–12.VII.2022, 12.VII.2022, 12.VIII.2022, Les Ponts-de-Martel NE, leg. & coll. Chittaro Y.; 2 ex., 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 22.V.2022, Les Ponts-de-Martel NE, leg. & coll. Chittaro Y. & Sanchez A.
Published data.1)[Schweiz] by Heer O. (Bremi-Wolf 1856); 1)St. Gallen by Täschler M. (Täschler 1872); 1)Sierre et environs by Schacht W. (Schacht 1879); 1)Fully, 1)La Souste and 1)Lausanne by Bugnion E. (Favre 1890).
Comment. This species is rare in Central Europe. In France, it is present in the Rhône Valley, in Alsace and in Seine-et-Loire (Coutanceau 2014). In Switzerland, only a very small number of specimens from four localities in the cantons of Geneva, Neuchâtel and Zürich confirm the occurrence of this species, where it appears to be rare. In 2022, after 60 years without any record in Switzerland, one specimen was found using an interception trap and eight specimens by beating birches (Betula sp.), all in a birch forest bordering a bog. It lives in heath, sand and bog areas, where it feeds on aphids almost exclusively on birches (especially Betula pendula Roth and B. pubescens Ehrh.) (Ziegler and Teunissen 1992; Nicolas 2009; Nedvěd 2015; Klausnitzer 2020). It is important to note that O. impustulata can easily be confused with dark forms of O. conglobata, a widespread species in Switzerland.
C15) [Chnootriba elaterii (P. Rossi, 1794)]
Examined material.3,4,6,8)1 ex., Genève, Chancy, leg. & coll. Maerky C., MHNG; 3,4,6,8)5 ex., Genève, Peney, leg. Täschler H., coll. Maerky C., MHNG; 3,4,6,8)1 ex., Genf, leg. Täschler M., MHNG; 3,4,6,8)1 ex., Jura, Dôle, leg. & coll. Maerky C., MHNG.
Published data.1,8)Switzerland (Kovář 2007; Nedvěd 2015).
Comment. This phytophagous species living on Cucurbitaceae and Solanaceae is known from Europe, North Africa and Western Asia. In France, it is only found in Corsica (Coutanceau 2014). All specimens examined belong to the problematic collection of C. Maerky (see Monnerat et al. 2015) and are therefore not retained as valid records. C. elaterii does not belong to the Swiss fauna.
C16) [Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata (Fabricius, 1775)]
Published data.1,8)[Schweiz] by Heer O. (Bremi-Wolf 1856); 1,8)Genf by Tournier H. and Schaffhausen by Stierlin G. (Stierlin and Gautard 1867).
Comment.Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata is a species native to Asia which is not present in Central Europe. Despite several publications announcing it from Switzerland, no specimen was found in the collections examined.
C17) Hyperaspis (Hyperaspis) concolor (Suffrian, 1843)
Fig. 1I, J
Examined material. 1 ♀, Kt. Tessin, Taverne, VI.1938, leg. & coll. Linder A., ETH; 1 ex., Tessin, Biasca, 30.VII.1948, leg. Wolf J.-P., ETH; 1 ex., Kt. Tessin, Mendrisio, VI.1949, leg. & coll. Linder A., ETH; 1 ♂, Kt. Graubünden, Grono, V.1952, leg. & coll. Linder A., ETH; 1 ex., TI, Stabio, 18.VI.1971, leg. Spälti A., det. Klaunitzer B., MHNG; 3 ex., 2 ♂, Suisse, TI, Meride, 14.VIII.1976, 11.VI.1982, leg. & coll. Scherler P., NMBE; 2 ex., CH, TI, Somazzo, Torretta-O.[Ost], 16.V.1990, 1.VIII.1990, leg Rezbanyai-Reser L., det. Herger P., NMLU; 1 ♂, Courroux JU, 4.–27.V.2016, leg. & coll. Chittaro Y.; 1 ♂, Vollèges VS, 17.VII.–15.VIII.2017, leg. & coll. Sanchez A.; 1 ♂, Fully VS, 11.IV.–9.V.2019, leg. & coll. Chittaro Y.; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Sion VS, 7.IV.–29.VII.2020, leg. & coll. Sanchez A.
Published data. Switzerland (Kovář 2007; Nedvěd 2015).
Comment.Hyperaspis concolor is a rare and localized species in Europe. In the neighbouring countries, it is known from France (from the Mediterranean region, from Paris (Bois de Boulogne) and from Indre-et-Loire (Coutanceau 2014)), from Austria, Germany and Italy. While also quite rare in Switzerland, there are scattered records from various parts of the country, particularly in the south. This thermophilic species lives in xerothermic meadows, pastures and forest margins, on grass, herbs and deciduous trees (Nedvěd 2015; Klausnitzer 2020).
C18) [Hyperaspis (Hyperaspis) erythrocephala (Fabricius, 1787)]
Published data.1,8)Switzerland, uncertain data (Nedvěd 2015).
Comment.Hyperaspis erythrocephala is a rare and thermophilic species present in Central-Eastern Europe in Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. Its presence is considered uncertain in Germany and Switzerland by Nedvěd (2015). We didn’t find any specimens belonging to this species in the examined collections and we therefore advise the removal of this species from the list of the Swiss fauna.
C19) Hyperaspis (Hyperaspis) peezi Fürsch, 1976
Fig. 1K, L
Examined material. 1 ♂, Sierre, 22.VII., leg. Favre E., MHNG; 3 ♂, Kt. Wallis, Brig, VIII.1935, leg. & coll. Linder A., ETH; 2 ♂, Kt. Wallis, Leuk, VI.1937, leg. & coll. Linder A., ETH; 1 ♂, 2 ♀, Suisse, Valais, s/Gampel, 14.VII.1996, leg. Besuchet C., MHNG; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Suisse, Valais, Gampel, 14.VIII.1996, leg. Besuchet C., MHNG; 1 ♂, Leuk VS, 31.III.2012, leg. & coll. Chittaro Y., det. Büche B.; 1 ♂, Anniviers VS, 14.–30.VIII.2013, leg. & coll. Sanchez A.; 1 ♂, Varen VS, 3.VII.–5.VIII.2015, leg. & coll. Chittaro Y., det. Büche B.; 1 ♂, Lens VS, 26.III.–18.IV.2019, leg. & coll. Sanchez A.
Comment.Hyperaspis peezi is a very rare and localized species, only known from southeastern France and Corsica (Coutanceau 2014), Croatia, Italy, Slovenia and Switzerland. In Switzerland, the species seems restricted to the canton of Valais. Very little information is available on its ecology, but all Swiss specimens were collected in sunny, hot, dry areas, where pines (Pinus sylvestris L.) and oaks are dominant. Very close to H. reppensis (Fig. 1O, P), its identification requires the examination of the male genitalia.
C20) Hyperaspis (Hyperaspis) pseudopustulata Mulsant, 1853
Fig. 1M, N
Examined material. 1 ♂, Helvetia, Ticino, Medeglia, torbiera Boscior, 6.V.1992, leg. Rampazzi F., MSNL; 1)1 ex., Allondon, 7.V.1992, leg. & det. Johnson C., MAMU.
Published data. Switzerland, uncertain data (Nedvěd 2015).
Comment. The presence of this species in Switzerland is supported by only one male captured in 1992 in a peat bog in the canton of Ticino in the south of the country. The identification of the specimen from Geneva (Allondon) has not been confirmed for the moment and a misidentification with H. reppensis remains possible without the observation of the male genitalia. H. pseudopustulata is widely distributed in Central Europe (Nedvěd 2015; Klausnitzer 2020) but is always rare, and its presence in Switzerland was considered as uncertain (Nedvěd 2015). In France, it is present in the northern half of the country, but probably also in the southern half (Coutanceau 2014). It is a thermophilic species living at water margins on semiaquatic plants (Nedvěd 2015; Klausnitzer 2020), but some authors hypothesize that it may also live in drier biotopes (Bogaert et al. 2012; Biranvand et al. 2020).
C21) [Hyperaspis (Hyperaspis) quadrimaculata (Redtenbacher, 1843)]
Examined material.3,4,6,8)1 ex., Veyrier, leg. Maerky C., MHNG.
Published data.1,8)[Schweiz] (Bremi-Wolf 1856).
Comment. This species is only distributed in Eastern Europe: Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Greece, Romania and Slovakia. The only specimen with “a Swiss label” belongs to the problematic collection of Charles Maerky, which should not be considered (Monnerat et al. 2015). Therefore, the data available are insufficient to retain this species as part of the Swiss fauna.
C22) [Novius cardinalis (Mulsant, 1850)]
Examined material. 17 ex., Tessin, Locarno, 6.VIII.1946, leg. & coll. Simonet J., MHNG; 2 ex., Locarno, 27.IX.1951, leg. & coll. Schenk H., NMBE; 10 ex., Kt. Tessin, Locarno, IX.1951, leg. & coll. Linder A., ETH; 5 ex., Tessin, leg. Anonymous, ETH; 2 ex., Morcote, VI.1960, leg. & coll. Van de Gümster J., MHNG; 17 ex., CH, TI, Isola Brissago, 28.VIII.1992, 23.VII.1993, 24.VII.1993, 6.VIII.1993, 7.VIII.1993, leg. Rezbanyai-Reser L., coll. Focarile A., MHNG & MSNL.
Published data. 15 ex., Locarno, 6.VIII.1945, leg. Simonet J. and 10 ex., Locarno, IX.1951 (Linder 1968).
Comment.Novius cardinalis is an Australian species which has been introduced in many countries in the World (including Europe) for the biological control of Icerya purchasi Maskell, 1879 (Hemiptera, Monophlebidae), an important pest of citrus trees (Martin 2016). In France, it has been introduced several times and is now acclimatized in various parts of the country, especially in the southern region and in Corsica, in the Jura and in Paris (Coutanceau 2014). In Switzerland, it has occasionally been found between 1946 and 1993 in Ticino, in Locarno and on the Isola di Brissago, where there is a botanical garden. Numerous specimens have been found each time and it seems that these mentions in Switzerland are the result of multiple introductions. As the species has almost never been found two years in a row, it is assumed that it cannot overwinter here. Up till now, the species is therefore not considered naturalized in Switzerland.
C23) Clitostethus arcuatus (P. Rossi, 1794)
Fig. 1Q
Examined material. 2 ex., Kt. Waadt, Clarens, III.1944, II.1945, leg. & coll. Linder A., ETH; 1 ex., Préverenges, 6.VI.1950, leg. & coll. Besuchet C., MZL; 1 ex., Vidy, 18.VI.1950, leg. & coll. Besuchet C., MZL; 1 ex., Genève, London [Allondon], IV.1956, leg. & coll. Toumayeff G., MHNG; 1 ex., Suisse, Vaud, St. Légier, 11.IV.1959, leg. & coll. Scherler P., NMBE; 1 ex., Suisse, Vaud, Mormont, 6.VI.1959, leg. & coll. Scherler P., NMBE; 1 ex., VD, Bavois, VI.1974, leg. Toumayeff G., MHNG; 1 ex., TI, Loco, IV.1975, leg. Toumayeff G., MHNG; 4 ex., Suisse, VD, Grangettes, 20.VI.1995, 13.VII.1995, 19.VII.1995, 3.VIII.1995, leg. Anonymous, det. Calame F., MZL; 1 ex., CH, AG, Untersiggenthal, Iflue, 16.VII.1998, leg. & det. Walter T., ETH; 4 ex., Meinier GE, 15.–30.V.2015, 30.V.–14.VI.2015, 30.VI.–15.VII.2015, leg. Faye J.-D., LEBA; 1 ex., Gy GE, 6.VI.2016, leg. Guibert B.; 1 ex., Vully-les-Lacs VD, 25.VII.–7.VIII.2018, leg. Knoblauch A., coll. Chittaro Y.; 1 ex., Chevroux VD, 8.–25.V.2020, leg. Perret-Gentil N., coll. Chittaro Y.
Published data.1)Basel by Imhoff L. (Stierlin and Gautard 1867); 1)Fully, 1)Martigny and 1)Ravoire by Favre E. (Favre 1890); Switzerland (Kovář 2007; Nedvěd 2015).
Comment.Clitostethus arcuatus is a Mediterranean species which has expanded its range northward into Central Europe in recent decades, probably possible due to the effects of global warming (Bathon and Pietrzik 1986; Pütz et al. 2000). While quite rare in Switzerland, there are scattered records from various parts of the country, always found as isolated individuals, although it was reported that it could be found in large numbers in Italy (Canepari 2011). It is one of the smallest European ladybird species and it moves very quickly in hot weather, so it can easily go unnoticed. Thermophilic, it lives on deciduous and coniferous trees, also in parks and gardens, where adults and larvae feed on Aleyrodidae (Homoptera), Aphididae (Hemiptera) and Tetranychidae (Acari) (Gourreau 1974; Canepari 2011; Nedvěd 2015; Klausnitzer 2019b, 2020). According to Pütz et al. (2000), Coutanceau (2014), Klausnitzer (2019) and Szawaryn and Marczak (2021), it is regularly found on or near ivy (Hedera helix L.), but also on hawthorn (Crataegus spp.), blackthorn (Prunus spinosa L.), apple tree (Malus spp.), blackberry (Rubus spp.), skipping weed (Impatiens spp.), celandine (Chelidonium spp.), wood vine (Clematis spp.) and various cultivated plants. In winter, it can be found overwintering in the leaf litter (Nedvěd 2015).
C24) Nephus (Bipunctatus) bisignatus (Fürsch, 1984)
Fig. 1R–T
Examined material. 2 ♂, 1 ♀, 3 ex., Davos, Seeh. [Seehorn], 6.XI.1935, leg. Wolf J.-P., ETH; 1 ♂, Filisur, 1.III.1936, leg. Wolf J.-P., ETH; 1 ♂, Davos, 29.III.1936, leg. Wolf J.-P., ETH; 2 ♂, 1 ♀, 2 ex., Davoser Tal, Se. [Seehorn], 24.X.1936, leg. Wolf J.-P., ETH; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Davos, Seeh. [Seehorn], 13.X.1937, leg. Wolf J.-P., ETH; 1 ♂, Gola di Lago, 8.VIII.1962, leg. & coll. Scherler P., NMBE; 4 ♂, Svizzera, TI, Locarno, Monte Bré, 13.–20.V.1997, leg. Moretti M., MSNL; 1 ♂, Wengi BE, 27.VI.2019, leg. Fürst J., coll. Sanchez A.; 1 ♂, Messen SO, 6.VI.2019, leg. Fürst J., coll. Sanchez A.
Published data. Switzerland (without mention of the subspecies) (Nedvěd 2015).
Comment.Nephus bisignatus is represented in the Palearctic region by two subspecies: N. b. bisignatus (Boheman, 1850) distributed in the Azores, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Great Britain, Greece, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia and Sweden and N. b. claudiae present in Austria, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands and Sweden (Kovář 2007; Klausnitzer B. pers. comm.). In the bordering countries, only the subspecies bisignatus is present in Italy (Canepari 2011) and France (Coutanceau 2014) and only the subspecies claudiae is present in Austria and Germany (Kovář 2007). Therefore, both subspecies are potentially present in Switzerland. Nevertheless, due to the difficulties of attributing the Swiss specimens to one or the other of these subspecies with certainty, we prefer to identify this taxon only to the specific level. Future research may perhaps clarify the situation in Switzerland. N. bisignatus is a thermophilic species which lives on woody plants, in herbaceous and dwarf shrub vegetation, where it feeds on mealybugs (Nedvěd 2015; Klausnitzer 2019b). According to Nedvěd (2015) and Klausnitzer (2019), the species has psammophil preferences and lives near the sea coasts. In Switzerland, where these conditions do not occur, the specimens were found between 600 and 1800 m above the sea level.
C25) [Nephus (Bipunctatus) kiesenwetteri (Mulsant, 1850)]
Examined material.3,4,6,8)1 ex., Suisse, Tessin, leg. Odier J., det. Fürsch H., coll. Maerky C., MHNG.
Comment. In Europe, this species is only present in the Mediterranean region: France (only Corsica), Italy (mainland, Sardinia and Sicily), Malta and Spain (mainland and Balearic Islands) (Kovář 2007; Canepari 2011; Coutanceau 2014). In Switzerland, the only specimen examined belongs to the problematic collection of C. Maerky (see Monnerat et al. 2015) and is therefore not retained as a valid record. Moreover, N. kiensenwetteri grows on Tamarix spp. (Canepari 2011; Coutanceau 2014; Nedvěd and Đurić 2022), a plant genus absent from Switzerland.
C26) [Nephus (Nephus) binotatus (C. N. F. Brisout de Barneville, 1863)]
Examined material.3,4,6,8)1 ex., Tessin, leg. Ghidini A., det. Fürsch H., coll. Maerky C., MHNG.
Comment. The only specimen cited here belongs to the problematic collection of C. Maerky (see Monnerat et al. 2015) and is therefore not retained as a valid record. Nephus binotatus is only present in the Mediterranean region, in southern France and Corsica, in Spain and the Balearic Islands and in Portugal (Coutanceau 2014; Soares 2021; Nedvěd and Đurić 2022).
C27) Scymniscus anomus (Mulsant & Rey, 1852)
Fig. 1U, V
Examined material. 1 ♂, Helv., Ticino, Gerre di Losone, leg. & coll. Focarile A., det. Canepari C., MSNL; 1 ♂, Gerre di Losone, 20.–24.VI.1981, leg. Franscella C., det. Canepari C., MSNL.
Comment.Scymniscus anomus is a Mediterranean species only known from the Mediterranean region (and Corsica) in France (Coutanceau 2014), Austria (Klausnitzer B. pers. comm.), Greece, Italy, Hungary, Slovakia and Spain. In Italy, it is considered as widespread but uncommon (Canepari 2011). In Switzerland, two males were caught in a wetland in the canton of Ticino (the second using a pitfall trap) and thus allow us to record this species as new for the country.
C28) [Scymniscus horioni (Fürsch, 1965)]
Published data.1,8)Switzerland, uncertain data (Nedvěd 2015).
Comment. This species, known in Europe from Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Italy and Slovakia, is not considered indigenous to Switzerland on the basis of the available data: only one publication announces it for Switzerland, without any specimen referring to this species in the examined collections. Moreover, Nedvěd (2015) already considered its presence in Switzerland to be uncertain.
C29) [Scymnus (Pullus) fraxini Mulsant, 1850]
Examined material.3,4,6,8)1 ex., Suisse, Tessin, leg. Odier J., det. Fürsch H., coll. Maerky C., MHNG.
Comment. The only specimen labelled from Switzerland belongs to the problematic collection of C. Maerky (see Monnerat et al. 2015) which should not be considered. This species is principally distributed in the Mediterranean region and the near East, but has also been found in France in Alsace (Gourreau 1974) and in Indre-et-Loire (Cloupeau et al. 2012), and in Austria and Slovakia (Klausnitzer B. pers. comm.). Therefore, it could also be found in Switzerland. According to Coutanceau (2014), S. fraxini feeds on coccids.
C30) Scymnus (Scymnus) doriae Capra, 1924
Fig. 1W, X
Examined material. 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 1 ex., Helvetia, Ticino, Magadino, leg. & coll. Focarile A., MSNL; 1 ♂, Helvetia, Ticino, Chiasso, 8.VII.1938, leg. Fontana P., det. Canepari C., MSNL; 1 ♂, VS, Rarogne, VII.1974, leg. Toumayeff G., MHNG.
Comment.Scymnus doriae, originally described from Florence, is a rare species known from the Mediterranean Region and Corsica in France (Coutanceau 2014), Austria (Tyrol), Bulgaria, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Serbia and Montenegro, and in eastern Germany (Klausnitzer B. pers. comm.). Only a very small number of specimens from three localities confirm the occurrence of this species in Switzerland, where it appears to be rare. This species may be only distinguished from the very similar S. frontalis (and other species from this group) by the examination of the male genitalia. According to Klausnitzer (2020), S. doriae may be expanding its distribution northward in Europe.
C31) [Scymnus (Scymnus) marginalis (P. Rossi, 1794)]
Examined material.3,4,6)1 ex., Genève, leg. Melly A., det. Fürsch H., coll. Maerky C., MHNG; 3,4,6)2 ex., Suisse, Tessin, leg. Odier J., det. Fürsch H., coll. Maerky C., MHNG.
Published data.1,4,6)[Schweiz] by Stierlin G. (Bremi-Wolf 1856); 1,4,6)Genf by Chevrier F., 1,4,6)Schaffhausen by Stierlin G. and 1,4,6)Vevey by de Gautard V. (Stierlin and Gautard 1867); 1,4,6)Mendrisio by Frey-Gessner E. (Stierlin 1883); 1,4,6)Fully and Martigny by Favre E. (Favre 1890).
Comment. All Swiss literature records are very old and not verifiable, while the three specimens examined belong to the problematic collection of C. Maerky (see Monnerat et al. 2015). Therefore, this species should not be considered as native in Switzerland. Scymnus marginalis is a Mediterranean species living in dry biotopes and is known from the Mediterranean region and Corsica in France (Coutanceau 2014), Austria, Greece, Italy, Malta and Ukraine. Being present throughout Italy (also in the Aosta Valley (Canepari 1983)), the presence of this species in southern Switzerland remains possible.