Hypothenemus eruditus Westwood
Creators
- 1. 161 / 2 Mu 5, Soi Wat Pranon, T. Donkaew, A. Maerim, Chiangmai 50180, Thailand.
- 2. Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, 288 Farm Lane, 243 Natural Science Bldg., East Lansing, MI 48824, USA. smith 462 @ msu. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5173 - 3736
Description
Hypothenemus eruditus Westwood complex
Tomicus (Hypothenemus) eruditus Westwood, 1836: 34.
Hypothenemus eruditus Westwood, 1839: 353.
Hypothenemus eruditus was recorded from Bhutan by Schedl (1975). Wood & Bright (1992) list 70 synonyms of this species. It is clear that it is a complex of many species, not easily separated morphologically, and that many of the supposed synonyms should be resurrected (Kambestad et al. 2017). It is not known if the Bhutanese specimen has the morphological or molecular characteristics of H. eruditus sensu stricto.
Distribution. Throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the world, although probably of American origin (Wood 1977). Often imported into temperate zone countries, and occasionally established there in greenhouses and other warmer sites.
Biology. Recorded from twigs, branches, seeds and fruits of hundreds of plant species, and one of the most commonly collected species in the tropics and subtropics (Wood 2007).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Curculionidae
- Genus
- Hypothenemus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Westwood
- Species
- eruditus
- Taxon rank
- species
References
- Westwood, J. O. (1836) Description of a minute coleopterous insect, forming the type of a new genus allied to Tomicus, with some observations upon the affinities of the Xylophaga. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1, 34 - 36. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1837. tb 03174. x
- Westwood, J. O. (1839) An introduction to the modern classification of insects; founded on the natural habits and corresponding organisation of the different families. Vol. 1. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans, London, 462 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 12455
- Schedl, K. E. (1975) Ergebnisse der Bhutan-Expedition 1972 des Naturhistorischen Museums in Basel, Coleoptera: Fam: Scolytidae und Platypodidae. Entomologica Basiliensia, 1, 383 - 385.
- Wood, S. L. & Bright, D. E. (1992) A catalog of Scolytidae and Platypodidae (Coleoptera), Part 2: Taxonomic index. Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs, 13, 1 - 1553.
- Kambestad, M., Kirkendall, L. R., Knutsen, I. L. & Jordal, B. H. (2017) Cryptic and pseudo-cryptic diversity in the world's most common bark beetle - Hypothenemus eruditus. Organisms, Diversity and Evolution, 17, 633 - 652. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 13127 - 017 - 0334 - 6
- Wood, S. L. (1977) Introduced and exported American Scolytidae (Coleoptera). Great Basin Naturalist, 37, 67 - 74.
- Wood, S. L. (2007) Bark and ambrosia beetles of South America (Coleoptera, Scolytidae). Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, v + 900 pp.