taxonID	type	description	language	source
4F119C76FF9FCC4CFF9CFC36FDC1F98E.taxon	description	(Fig. 1) On the 31 th of May 2012 twelve specimens of Nacerdes melanura (Linnaeus, 1758) were collected from buildings in different streets in Nesher and brought to Tel-Aviv University by U. Shalom (Ministry of Environmental Protection). Mr. Shalom reported that N. melanura were infesting some houses in the area for the last 5 years or so. Adults were seen from May to July inside and around the buildings, mainly during the morning hours. Nesher is a small town on the northeastern slopes of the Carmel Ridge, close to Haifa and its harbor. Nacerdes melanura is also known by its common name " the Wharf borer ". It is a well known wood boring species with a preference for wet and decaying wood (ISU Extension 2005). Larvae often inhabit wet timber along rivers and harbors and therefore it is considered a major pest in docks and stored wooden objects in warehouses (Unger et al. 2011). It is most probable that this species was introduced to Israel through the harbor of Haifa. On the 16 th of May 2013 the first author (OR) collected a single specimen in a plant nursery in Kefar ' Azar in the central coastal plain of Israel, 6 km East of Tel-Aviv. This is the first record from central Israel and an expansion of its distribution to other parts of the country. We now consider N. melanura as an established new invasive pest species in Israel.	en	Rittner, Oz, Nir, Assaf (2014): First records of Nacerdes melanura (Linnaeus 1758) and Xanthochroina auberti (Abeille de Perrin 1876) (Coleoptera: Oedemeridae) from Israel. Zootaxa 3838 (3): 397-400, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3838.3.10
4F119C76FF9FCC4CFF9CFC36FDC1F98E.taxon	materials_examined	Examined material (Fig. 3): Carmel Ridge, Nesher, 31. v. 2012, M. Krinsky (12 exx.); Central Coastal Plain, Kefar ' Azar, 15. v. 2013, O. Rittner (1 ex.).	en	Rittner, Oz, Nir, Assaf (2014): First records of Nacerdes melanura (Linnaeus 1758) and Xanthochroina auberti (Abeille de Perrin 1876) (Coleoptera: Oedemeridae) from Israel. Zootaxa 3838 (3): 397-400, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3838.3.10
4F119C76FF9FCC4DFF9CF9AEFBC8FD89.taxon	description	(Fig. 2) On the 8 th of September 2011 the authors placed a light trap (mercury and UV light) at the edge of a small pine tree forest near the settlement of Nirit. A single individual of Xanthochroina auberti was collected. Based on this record, the authors searched through the unidentified material in the insect collection of the national collections of natural history of the Tel-Aviv University (TAUI) and discovered additional specimens from a wide range of habitats in Israel. This species was already known from Croatia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lebanon, Spain, Turkey (Švihla 2011) and Morocco (Arahou 2008). Colored habitus photos have been published from Spain (Dieguez Fernandez 2010; Lencina et al. 2008), Hungary (Merkl et al. 2010) and France (Ponel 2011). Despite its relatively broad distribution it is seldom collected and its biology is not yet fully understood. Adults can be found in cracks of Pinus halepensis (Abeille de Perrin 1876; Ponel et al. 2011) under the foliage of Quercus ilex (Arahou 2008) or netting from Quercus (Merkl et al. 2010). Ponel (1993) suggested that it is probably a predator of wood boring beetles. However, the majority of records are from light traps. Since Israel is on the edge of its distributional area and the oldest record from Israel was from 1998 it is not clear if this species is a newly introduced species or a local one that was simply previously unnoticed.	en	Rittner, Oz, Nir, Assaf (2014): First records of Nacerdes melanura (Linnaeus 1758) and Xanthochroina auberti (Abeille de Perrin 1876) (Coleoptera: Oedemeridae) from Israel. Zootaxa 3838 (3): 397-400, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3838.3.10
4F119C76FF9FCC4DFF9CF9AEFBC8FD89.taxon	materials_examined	Examined material (Fig. 3): Northern Coastal Plain: ' En ' Afeq, 2. viii. 2002, light trap, V. Kravchenko & V. Chikatunov (1 ex.); Carmel Ridge: Mt. Carmel, Haifa, 12. vii, 2003, V. Kravchenko & V. Chikatunov (2 exx.)., Nahal ' Oren, 21. viii. 1998, V. Chikatunov & T. Pavlicek (1 ex.); Shomeron: Nahal Qana, ' Allone Shilo, 9. vii. 2007, V. Kravchenko & L. Friedman (1 ex.); HaSharon: Nirit, 8. ix. 2011, light trap, O. Rittner & A. Nir (1 ex.). Nirit, 10. viii. 2012, light trap, O. Rittner & A. Nir (1 ex.); Hod haSharon, 15. vi. 2000, A. Traub (1 ex.)., Tel Aviv, 24. vi. 2003, light trap, V. Chikatunov & V. Kravchenko (1 ex.)., Tel Aviv, 5. viii. 2002, light trap, V. Kravchenko & V. Chikatunov (2 exx.); Judean Desert: Wadi Qelt, 23. vii. 2002, light trap, V. Kravchenko & V. Chikatunov (1 ex.).	en	Rittner, Oz, Nir, Assaf (2014): First records of Nacerdes melanura (Linnaeus 1758) and Xanthochroina auberti (Abeille de Perrin 1876) (Coleoptera: Oedemeridae) from Israel. Zootaxa 3838 (3): 397-400, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3838.3.10
