Maple bark beetle (Scolytus koenigi) – a new species for Bohemia and its current distribution in the Czech Republic

Autor: Martinek Petr, Foit Jiří, Knížek Miloš, Kašák Josef
Jazyk: Czech<br />English<br />Slovak
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Central European Forestry Journal, Vol 70, Iss 3, Pp 199-206 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2454-0358
DOI: 10.2478/forj-2024-0008
Popis: Bark beetles (Curculionidae: Scolytinae) represent an important insect group including many significant pest species, but in some cases, the distribution and ecology of many bark beetles are still not well known. Maple bark beetle Scolytus koenigi Schyverew, 1890 is one of the mentioned group of species. The following study presents i) the first data of the occurrence of S. koenigi in Bohemia, ii) the first data of the species occurrence in an urban environment (large cities – Prague and Brno), iii) the distribution of the species in the Czech Republic since its first record (in 2013), and iv) new data about the bionomy of the species (i.e. a new host tree – Acer pseudoplatanus L. and refinement of the colonized substrate range diameter).
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