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Amphicerus bimaculatus

Description

AmphIcERus bImaculatus (Olivier, 1790)

Specimens: 4 exx., Turkey: Elaziğ (Hoşköy), 38°40′11′′ N 39°25′14′′ E, 904 m, M. Ataş leg.

General Distribution: Species of Central and Western Palearctic distribution, introduced in USA and Uruguay (Borowski and Węgrzynowicz 2007; Liu et al. 2016; Nardi and Mifsud 2015; Samin et al. 2015).

Distribution in Turkey: Widespread. The data presented here constitute the first record of this species in a vineyard in Elaziğ (Hoşköy).

Larval Host Plants: Polyphagous species on Annonaceae, Fabaceae, Rosaceae, Moraceae, Oleaceae, Punicaceae, Solanaceae, Tamaricaceae, and Vitaceae (Liu et al. 2016).

Notes. The species was obtained from branches of the Ağin white variety (Ağin beyazi), in particular those resulting from pruning of the previous years. In the Mediterranean region, A. bimaculatus develops on dying or dead Vitis spp. (Moleas 1988; Nardi and Mifsud 2015), but it can occasionally attack healthy plants (Moleas 1988).

Notes

Published as part of Ruzzier, Enrico & Ataş, Mustafa, 2024, Wood-Boring Beetles (Coleoptera) Affecting Vitis vinifera L. (Vitaceae) Cultivation in Southeastern Turkey, pp. 165-170 in The Coleopterists Bulletin 78 (2) on page 166, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-78.2.165, http://zenodo.org/record/13243831

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Olivier
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Bostrichidae
Genus
Amphicerus
Species
bimaculatus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Amphicerus bimaculatus (Olivier, 1790) sec. Ruzzier & Ataş, 2024

References

  • Liu, L. Y., H. Ghahari, and R. A. Beaver. 2016. An annotated synopsis of the powder post beetles of Iran (Coleoptera: Bostrichoidea: Bostrichidae). Journal of Insect Biodiversity 4 (14): 1 - 22. doi. org / 10.12976 / jib / 2016.4.14.
  • Moleas, T. 1988. Osservazioni epidemiologiche su Sinoxylon sexdentatum Oliv. e Amphicerus (= Schistoceros) bimaculatus Oliv. (Coleoptera, Bostrychidae) sulla vite in Puglia. Informatore Fitopatologico 38 (1): 55 - 58.