On the Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) fauna of Almond (Amygdalus communis L.) Orchards in South-eastern and Eastern Anatolia in Turkey
Author
Bolu, Halil
Author
Legalov, Andrei A.
text
Baltic Journal of Coleopterology
2008
8
1
75
86
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.13204754
1407-8619
13204754
Scolytus amygdali
Guérin-Méneville, 1847
Material examined:
4 ex.
, Çermik,
9.6.2003
.
Host
plants of larva:
Amygdalus
,
Prunus
,
Melanchier
,
Mespilus
(
Stark 1952
)
.
Distribution:
North Africa, South Europe, Caucasus,
Asia Minor
(
Stark 1952
).
Remarks:
This species is obligate on
Rosaceae
, including almond.
As a result 54 species from the superfamily
Curculionoidea
(
Rhynchitidae
- 2,
Brentidae
- 20,
Curculionidae
- 30 and
Scolytidae
- 2) have been collected from almond (
Amygdalus communis
). Even though 54 species are found on almond trees, most of these do not feed on almond. Only nine of these species feed on almond trees, and among these nine species, four feed on the fruit (
Tatianaerhynchites aequatus
,
Epirhynchites smyrnensis
,
Anthonomus
amygdale
,
A. variabilis
), two on the wood (
Scolytus rugulosus
and
S. amygdali
) and three on the leaves (
Phyllobius
sp.
,
Polydrusus roseiceps
,
Myllocerus damascenus
).