@article {243,
	title = {The silent spreading of a giant mantis: a critical update on the distribution of Sphodromantis viridis (Forsk{\r a}l, 1775) in the Mediterranean islands (Mantodea: Mantidae)},
	journal = {Onychium},
	volume = {13},
	year = {2017},
	pages = {25-30},
	abstract = {<p>The recent discovery of new specimens of Sphodromantis viridis (Forsk\&aring;l, 1775) in Sardinia, together with the increasing number of sightings reported in the literature for the Mediterranean islands, allow a first investigation of the spreading dynamics of this mantis outside of its continental habitat in a biogeographical perspective. An insect historically absent from the Mediterranean islands but often sinantropic and with spreading dynamics compatible with an anthropogenic dispersal is confirmed here as a new species for Italy.</p>
},
	keywords = {alien species, biogeography, distribution, Mantodea, natural spread, taxonomy},
	doi = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.546318},
	author = {Battiston, R. and Andria, S. and Ruzzante, G.}
}
