Trichocera maculipennis (Diptera)—an invasive species in Maritime Antarctica

• Published in: PeerJ
• Main Authors: Potocka, Marta, Krzemińska, Ewa
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: PeerJ Inc. 2018
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Admiralty Bay; Antarctic; King George Island; Maxwell Bay; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6097497/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30128194; https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5408

Antarctica, with its severe conditions, is poor in terrestrial fauna species. However, an increase in human presence together with climate change may cause an influx of non-native species. Here we report a significant increase in colonized area of one of the few known invasive species to date in Ant...