Scolytus dimidiatus Chapuis, 1869

Gomez, Demian F., Johnson, Andrew J. & Hulcr, Jiri, 2020, Potential pest bark and ambrosia beetles from Cuba not present in the continental United States, Florida Entomologist 103 (1), pp. 96-96 : 96-

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1653/024.103.0416

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scientific name

Scolytus dimidiatus Chapuis
status

 

Scolytus dimidiatus Chapuis View in CoL ( Coleoptera : Curculionidae ) ( Fig. 7 View Fig )

Diagnosis: Males are distinguished by a simple large spine in the sternum 2 with a tuf of hair in the base, frons not strongly elevated. Females have a dense brush of hair above the eyes. Adults are 2.1 to 3.2 mm.

Distribution: Caribbean: Cuba (Cienfuegos Province), Jamaica; Central America: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama; North America: Mexico; South America: Venezuela.

Hosts: Recorded from Papilionaceae ( Lonchocarpus ) and Rhamna- ceae ( Rhamnus ).

Notes: This is the only Scolytus species recorded from the Caribbean.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

Genus

Scolytus

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