Scolytus mali Bechstein 1805
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Scolytus mali (Bechstein, 1805)
Distribution in Iran. Guilan (Amini et al. 2012; Amini et al. 2013), generally distributed (Modarres Awal 1997), Iran (no locality cited) (Mifsud & Knížek 2009; Knížek 2011).
General distribution. Europe except for the Far North, North Africa, Turkey, Central Asia, Russia, China. Introduced into North America.
Biology. This species breeds in a range of trees, usually in the family Rosaceae, but also in Salicaceae and Ulmaceae (Michalski 1973). Recorded in Iran from Malus sp. (Amini et al. 2013), Cotoneaster sp., Crataegus sp., Cydonia oblonga, Malus orientalis, Pyrus communis, Sorbus sp. (Rosaceae), Juglans regia (Juglandaceae), Ulmus spp. (Ulmaceae) (Modarres Awal 1997). The gallery system is described by Balachowsky (1949) and Michalski (1973). Further details of the biology, maturation feeding, sound production and behaviour are given by Rudinsky et al. (1978).
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Bechstein
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Curculionidae
- Genus
- Scolytus
- Species
- mali
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Scolytus mali Bechstein, 1805 sec. Beaver, Ghahari & Sanguansub, 2016
References
- Amini, S., Hosseini, R. & Sohani, M. M. (2013) A faunal study of bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in Guilan province in North of Iran. Entomofauna, 34, 169 - 176.
- Modarres Awal, M. (1997) Platypodidae, Scolytidae. In: Modarres Awal, M. (Ed.), List of agricultural pests and their natural enemies in Iran. Ferdowsi University Press, Mashhad, pp. 185, 192 - 194.
- Mifsud, D. & Knizek, M. (2009) The bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) of the Maltese Islands (Central Mediterranean). Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Malta, 2, 25 - 52.
- Knizek, M. (2011) Platypodinae and Scolytinae. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 7. Curculionoidea I. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 201 - 251.
- Michalski, J. (1973) Revision of the palearctic species of the genus Scolytus Geoffroy (Coleoptera, Scolytidae). Panstwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, Warszawa, 214 pp., 49 pls.
- Balachowsky, A. (1949) Colopteres Scolytides. Faune de France, 50, 1 - 320.
- Rudinsky, J. A., Vallo, V. & Ryker, L. C. (1978) Sound production in Scolytidae: attraction and stridulation of Scolytus mali (Col., Scolytidae). Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Entomologie, 86, 381 - 391. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1439 - 0418.1978. tb 01944. x