Abstract
BackgroundHalyomorpha halys (Stål, 1855), the brown marmorated stinkbug (BMSB) is a highly successful invasive species, native to eastern Asia. It has managed to spread into North America and Europe in recent decades, causing severe damage to various crops. BMSB has been detected in Europe in 2004 and has since expanded in more than 20 countries from Sweden to Greece and Spain to Turkey, the South European Territory of Russia (Krasnodar region) and Abkhazia. In 2012, we set up a citizen science survey to monitor BMSB expansion in France.New informationThe present crowdsourcing survey was initiated in 2012 and provided a large number of occurrence points of BMSB. These data allowed to track the expansion of the species in France from 2012 to 2019 and brought information about its phenology and distribution in various habitats. The dataset comprises both valid and invalid sightings, thereby allowing us to examine changes in the quality of citizen reports during the course of the survey. Despite a large proportion of misidentifications, the survey provided a large number of valid occurrences. Furthermore, valuable information on hemipterans of Pentatomidae and Coreidae families entering habitations were also gathered. The dataset also illustrates that, although designed for a large public, the Agiir application was mostly used by urban dwellers with very few sightings stemming from professionals of agricultural sectors.
Highlights
In Europe, two species of the family Pentatomidae are listed as invasive, namely Halyomorpha halys and Nezara viridula (McPherson 2018)
Halyomorpha halys (Stål, 1855), the brown marmorated stinkbug (BMSB) is native to eastern Asia and is common in the temperate regions of China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (Hamilton et al 2018). It has been reported in North America in 2001 and in Europe in 2004 where it quickly expanded in more than 20 countries, as well as in the South European Territory of Russia and in Abkhazia (Bergmann et al 2016, Gapon 2016)
BMSB was first reported from France in 2012 in the suburb of Strasbourg (Eastern France) (Callot and Brua 2013) and has since colonised large parts of the country
Summary
Halyomorpha halys (Stål, 1855), the brown marmorated stinkbug (BMSB) is a highly successful invasive species, native to eastern Asia. In 2012, we set up a citizen science survey to monitor BMSB expansion in France. The present crowdsourcing survey was initiated in 2012 and provided a large number of occurrence points of BMSB. These data allowed to track the expansion of the species in France from 2012 to 2019 and brought information about its phenology and distribution in. The dataset comprises both valid and invalid sightings, thereby allowing us to examine changes in the quality of citizen reports during the course of the survey. Despite a large proportion of misidentifications, the survey provided a large number of valid occurrences. The dataset illustrates that, designed for a large public, the Agiir application was mostly used by urban dwellers with very few sightings stemming from professionals of agricultural sectors
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