Scolytinae

Ferro, Michael L., Gimmel, Matthew L., Harms, Kyle E. & Carlton, Christopher E., 2012, Comparison of Coleoptera emergent from various decay classes of downed coarse woody debris in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA, Insecta Mundi 2012 (260), pp. 1-8 : 24

Scolytinae

Xyleborus atratus Eichhoff ( Fig. 30 )

Range: eastern North America, south to Florida and west to Texas. Habitat: reported from 27+ tree species including hardwoods and softwoods (see Atkinson et al. 1990 for a complete list). Collection Method: Lindgren funnel trap with ethanol, MV and UV lights, emergence. Biology: introduced species from Asia, first collected in North America in 1988. Present Study: not significantly associated with any substrate or forest type. References: Atkinson et al. 1990; Downie and Arnett 1996; Peck and Thomas 1998; Vandenberg et al. 2000; Majka et al. 2011.

Figures

Figures 27–32. Habitus images. 27) Apteromechus ferratus (Say) (Curculionidae: Cryptorhynchinae). 28) Cophes fallax (LeConte) (Curculionidae: Cryptorhynchinae). 29) Dryophthorus americanus (Bedel) (Curculionidae: Dryophthorinae). 30) Xyleborus atratus Eichhoff (Curculionidae: Scolytinae). 31) Xylosandrus crassiusculus (Motschulsky) (Curculionidae: Scolytinae). 32) Xylosandrus germanus (Blandford) (Curculionidae: Scolytinae).