Acta Carp. Occ. 17: 124-127, 2026 | https://doi.org/10.62317/aco.2026.008

First record of assassin bug Coranus kerzhneri (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) in Silesia

Lukáš Puch1, Petr Kment2
1 Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, Přírodovědecká fakulta, Katedra ekologie a životního prostředí, Šlechtitelů 27, CZ-779 00 Olomouc, Česká republika
2 Národní muzeum, Entomologické oddělení, Cirkusová 1790, CZ-193 00 Praha – Horní Počernice, Česká republika

Assassin bug Coranus kerzhneri was found in a former greywacke quarry in Litultovice in Opava region (GPS: 49°53’41”N, 17°42’55”E). This is the first discovery of this species in Silesia and the northernmost record of this species in the Czech Republic and also from the whole of Central Europe. The discovery represents first recent evidence of it‘s distribution outside the Pannonian re­gion and proves its occurrence in localities with anthro­pogenic influence.

Keywords: anthropogenic habitat, Czech Republic, species expansion

Received: March 1, 2026; Revised: March 25, 2026; Accepted: March 26, 2026; Published online: March 31, 2026  Show citation

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Puch, L., & Kment, P. (2026). First record of assassin bug Coranus kerzhneri (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) in Silesia. Acta Carpathica Occidentalis, 17, Article 124-127. https://doi.org/10.62317/aco.2026.008
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