The bark and ambrosia beetles of Bhutan (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae): a synopsis with three new species of Scolytinae
Author
Beaver, Roger A.
161 / 2 Mu 5, Soi Wat Pranon, T. Donkaew, A. Maerim, Chiangmai 50180, Thailand.
Author
Smith, Sarah M.
0000-0002-5173-3736
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
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-08-08
5174
1
1
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journal article
115950
10.11646/zootaxa.5174.1.1
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Ips longifolia
(Stebbing)
Tomicus longifolia
Stebbing, 1909: 26
.
Ips longifolia
(Stebbing)
:
Hagedorn 1910: 56
.
Recorded from
Bhutan
by
Schmutzenhofer (1988a)
and
Cognato & Sperling (2000)
.
Distribution.
Bhutan
,
India
(
Himachal Pradesh
,
Uttar Pradesh
),
Pakistan
.
Biology.
The species primarily attacks
Pinus roxburghii
(Pinaceae)
in the subtropical conifer forest belt of the Himalayas at elevations between 500 and
2000 m
(
Kirisits
et al.
2002
). Other conifers may also be attacked, but confusion with closely-related species of
Ips
makes most early host records unreliable. It is considered to be a secondary species, attacking severely stressed or dying trees (
Kirisits
et al.
2002
).