Ips grandicollis, (Eichhoff, 1868)

Mas, Hugo & Johnson, Andrew J., 2023, First Reported Detection of Ips calligraphus (Germar) and Ips grandicollis (Eichhoff) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in a Port of Entry and its Surrounding Forest in Spain, The Coleopterists Bulletin 77 (4), pp. 501-506 : 504

IPS GRANDiCOLLiS (Eichhoff, 1868) ( Figs. 6, 7 )

Material Examined. SPAIN • 1 ♂; El Saler (Valencia); 07 Aug. 2014; Hugo Mas leg.; 39.34283°, −0.32073°; “ 07/08/2014 MUFFET5”; LSFCV Collection: 00125 .

Diagnosis. Antennal club with bisinuate sutures. Margin of elytral declivity with 5 pairs of spines. Declivital spine 3 with single apex ( Douglas et al. 2019).

Remarks. After the capture of I. calligraphus during 2019, all archived samples from the traps placed both in the port and in the surrounding forest since 2013 were re-checked for any species of the genus Ips that might have gone unnoticed. As a result of this procedure, the unique specimen above of Ips grandicollis was found captured in trap MUFFET5 (of the same type as those used in the RAT and with the same attractants), belonging to another project developed by the Laboratori de Sanitat Forestal of Valencia Region and focused on biodiversity of saproxylic insects (Muffet Network; Generalitat Valenciana 2013). The single specimen was collected from a trap run during 30 June to 7 August 2014. This species is readily collected with the described traps and lures, and the absence of captures over seven years after 2014, with widespread deployment of traps, suggests that there has been no establishment in Valencian pine forests.

Figures

Figs. 6–7. Ips grandicollis collected in Valencia, Spain (LSFCV:00125). 6) Dorsal view; 7) Lateral view. Total length: 4.6 mm.