Scolytus schevyrewi

Scolytus schevyrewi, the banded elm bark beetle, is a 3–4 mm long elm bark beetle species in the genus Scolytus native from Asia and accidentally introduced to North America.[2] It is a vector of the Dutch elm disease, caused by the Ascomycota Ophiostoma ulmi and Ophiostoma novo-ulmi. In North America, it is displacing both the native elm bark beetle and the previously introduced smaller European elm bark beetle, which are becoming less common in their range with the expansion of S. schevyrewi.[3]

Banded elm bark beetle
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Curculionidae
Subfamily:
Scolytinae
Genus:
Scolytus
Species:
S. schevyrewi
Binomial name
Scolytus schevyrewi
Synonyms
  • Scolytus schevyrevi Semenov-Tian-Shanskij, 1902
  • Scolytus seulensis Murayama, 1930
  • Scolytus sinensis Eggers, 1910
  • Scolytus laevifrons Michalski, 1964
  • Eccoptogaster emarginatus Wichmann 1915
  • Eccoptogaster frankei Wichmann, 1915
  • Eccoptogaster transcaspicus Eggers, 1922

References
  1. Semenov; Petrovich, A (1902). "New bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytidae) for the fauna of Russian and central Asia". Russkoe entomologicheskoe obozrenie. 2: 265–266.
  2. Старк, BH (1952). фауна СССР. Жесткокрылые. Tom 31. Короеды (PDF). Издательство академии наук СССР (Stark, V.N. (1952) Fauna of the USSR. Coleoptera. Vol. 31. Bark-beetles. Publishing house of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR). pp. 100–101.
  3. Veilleux, Jonathan (2012). Establishment of Scolytus schevyrewi Semenov (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in the prairies: life cycle, hosts and impact.
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