@article {80,
	title = {Dangerous Invasive Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis (Pallas, 1773) (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) in the European Russia},
	journal = {Biological Invasions},
	volume = {4},
	year = {2013},
	pages = {190{\textendash}193},
	abstract = {<p>The harlequin ladybird (Harmonia axyridis) is recorded in Belgorod oblast. This species has established itself in 38 countries of North America, South America, Europe, and Africa in the last 24 years. Mass propagation of this beetle in a number of regions has led to the decline of local ladybird species and other insects. The harlequin ladybird is a significant pest of fruit and wine production. H. axyridis is a nuisance that infests houses in large numbers when searching for overwintering sites. Hungry beetles bite people. The fluid excreted by these beetles has a foul odor, stains furniture and walls, and causes an allergy. The harlequin ladybird should be included in the list of quarantine species of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision of Russia.</p>
},
	keywords = {allergen, Belgorod oblast, Coccinellidae, Coleoptera, European Russia, harlequin ladybird, Harmonia axyridis, invasive species, pest},
	doi = {https://doi.org/10.1134/S2075111713030107},
	author = {Orlova-Bienkowskaja, M.J.}
}
@article {78,
	title = {Harmonia axyridis (Pallas, 1773) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) and its parasite in south-western Bulgaria and northern Greece},
	journal = {BioInvasions Records},
	volume = {6},
	year = {2017},
	pages = {307-310},
	abstract = {<p>Samples of the invasive harlequin ladybird (Harmonia axyridis) were collected in June 2017 in four localities in western Bulgaria and three localities in northern Greece. Established (reproducing) populations of H. axyridis were found in each of the surveyed localities and were commonly infected with a fungal ectoparasite, Hesperomyces virescens (Ascomycota: Laboulbeniales). This parasite was recorded on 33\% and 22\% of the collected old-generation H. axyridis males and females, respectively. Our findings represent the first records of established H. axyridis populations for Greece and the first records of H. virescens for Bulgaria.</p>
},
	keywords = {Balkan Peninsula, harlequin ladybird, Hesperomyces virescens, range expansion},
	doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/bir.2017.6.4.02},
	author = {Ceryngier, P. and Romanowski, J.}
}
