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Issue: Vol. 3423 No. 1: 15 Aug. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-08-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3423.1.2
Page range: 27–35
Abstract views: 74
PDF downloaded: 3

First record of Cyrtogenius Strohmeyer in Europe, with a key to the European genera of the tribe Dryocoetini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae)

Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environments Viale dell’Università, 16 - 35020 Legnaro (PD), Italy
Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environments Viale dell’Università, 16 - 35020 Legnaro (PD), Italy
Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environments Viale dell’Università, 16 - 35020 Legnaro (PD), Italy
Coleoptera exotic bark beetles invasive species Asian species climatic change

Abstract

The genus Cyrtogenius Strohmeyer, represented by the species C. luteus (Blandford, 1894), is reported for the first time in Europe. Many adults were collected for four consecutive years (2009–2012) in various localities of northern Italy in both multifunnel and cross-vane traps baited with multilure blends. A diagnosis of the species and a revised key to the European genera of tribe Dryocoetini Lindemann is also reported. An explanation is suggested for the increasing number of recent introductions of exotic scolytids into Europe.

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