Highly pathogenicBacillus thuringiensissubsp.tenebrionisfrom European shot‐hole borer,Xyleborus dispar(Coleoptera: Scolytidae)

First European Conference on Highly Structured

New records and new species of Scolytidae from Borneo (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)

Twenty new species of Scolytidae from the Mount Kinabalu area in northern Borneo (Sabah) are described: Acanthotomicus explanatus, Cyrtogenius abruptodeclivis, C. cavifrons, C. glabrata, C. kadazanus, C. lowi, C. mandibularis, C. mediosetosus, C. nodulosus, C. obesus, C. piceus, C. prinavorus, C. quercicolens, C. smetanai, C. tanae, C. tikaludus, Dryocoetes conspicuus, Scolytoplatypus carinatus...

Apparent Parthenogenesis in Pityophthorus puberulus (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)

Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 76: 400-402 (1983) ABSTRACT No males were found among 559 specimens of Pityophthorus puberulus (LeConte) from several localities. No sperm was found in the spermatheca of 10 females taken from recently established galleries containing eggs and young larvae. This is the third record of thelytoky in a scolytid. The known distribution and environment of parthenogenetic popul...

The Genus Eupagiocerus Blandford ' ( Scolytidae : Coleoptera )

On the basis of the antennal characters, the entire eye, and the tuft of pleural hair on the prothorax, Schedl (1962:85) erected the genus Nemopagiocerus for his Eupagiocerus nevermanni. This species and the two described below as new were studied in the field, and all three species were compared to the type of dentipes Blandford All three species breed in the pith of woody vines where they hav...

Descriptive biogeography of Tomicus (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) species in Spain

Tomicus species (Coleoptera, Scolytidae) are important pests of pine forest in Eurasia (Schroeder, 1987; Bouhot et al., 1988; Hui, 1991), Europe (Langström, 1983; Schroeder, 1987; Bouhot et al., 1988; Hui, 1991; Guerrero et al., 1997; Dajoz, 2000) and Mediterranean regions (Triggiani & Santini, 1987; Monleón et al., 1996; Nanni & Tiberi, 1997). Three widespread species occur in the Iberian Peni...