Scolytus Geoffroy
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https://doi.org/ 10.1653/024.103.0416 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AF5E26-967F-FFA9-5B37-7905FD381A21 |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Scolytus Geoffroy |
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Scolytus Geoffroy View in CoL ( Coleoptera : Curculionidae )
This genus can be distinguished by the single curved process in the outer margin of the protibiae, ascendant second abdominal ven- trite, and straight elytral lateral margins ( Smith & Cognato 2014; Bright 2019).Species within this genus are phloeophagous and colonize trunks or large branches where transverse parental galleries invade the cam- bial area ( Wood 2007). Scolytus multistriatus (Marsham) ( Coleoptera : Curculionidae ), one of the most economically important species in this genus, caused severe impacts to Ulmus in the introduced distribution, where the pathogen Ophiostoma novo-ulmi Brasier (Ophiostomata- ceae) has killed millions of American elms ( Furniss & Carolin 1977).
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