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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Bark and Ambrosia Beetles (Scolytinae) » Scolytini » Scolytus » Banded Elm Bark Beetle (Scolytus schevyrewi)

Species Scolytus schevyrewi - Banded Elm Bark Beetle

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Banded Elm Bark Beetle - Scolytus schevyrewi

Scolytinae, Banded Elm Bark Beetle, dorsal - Scolytus schevyrewi

Scolytinae, Banded Elm Bark Beetle, ventral - Scolytus schevyrewi

Scolytus schevyrewi? - Scolytus schevyrewi - female

Potential Scolytus in Saskatoon - Scolytus schevyrewi

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Curculionoidea

Family Curculionidae (Snout and Bark Beetles)

Subfamily Scolytinae (Bark and Ambrosia Beetles)

Tribe Scolytini

Genus Scolytus

Species schevyrewi (Banded Elm Bark Beetle)

Explanation of Names

Scolytus schevyrewi Semenov 1902

Size

3-4 mm (Lee et al. 2006)

Identification

The band can be dark to absent (Lee et al. 2006)

Range

Native to C. & E. Asia, adventive in NA, now widespread from Canada (ON-BC) to Mexico, but not known to occur in se. US(1)(2)

Food

hosts: Ulmus spp. (in the US, has attacked U. americana, U. thomasii, U. pumila, U. procera)

Life Cycle

In China where the biology is best known, produces 2-3 generations per year; overwinters as mature larvae or pupae (Lee et al. 2006)

Remarks

earliest record in our area: CO 1994(3)

vector of Ophiostoma novo-ulmi, the fungal pathogen causing Dutch elm disease; when beetles are allowed to attack American elm bolts infected with Dutch elm disease, emerging beetles often carry the fungal spores. (Lee et al. 2006)

See Also

S. multistriatus lacks the band, is slightly smaller, has posteriolateral teeth on abdominal sternites 2-4 and the 2nd abdominal ventral spine more anteriorly placed (Lee, et al. 2006)

Print References

Cognato A.I. et al. (2010) The native and introduced bark and ambrosia beetles of Michigan (Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Great Lakes Entom. 42(3-4): 101-120.

Internet References

Bark and ambrosia beetles(1) - T.H. Atkinson

Pest Alert (Lee et al. 2006)

Works Cited

1.	Atkinson T.H. (200_‒2023) Bark and ambrosia beetles of the Americas

2.	New Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) records for Canada Douglas H., Bouchard P., Anderson R.S., de Tonnancour P., Vigneault R., Webster R.P. 2013. ZooKeys 309: 13–48.

3.	Exotic bark and ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in the United States: potential and current invaders Haack R.A., Rabaglia R.J. 2013. In: Potential invasive pests of agricultural crops. Peña J.E., ed. CABI International, Wallingford, UK, pp. 48‒74.

Contributed by Guy A. Hanley on 13 December, 2007 - 2:12pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, ceiseman, v belov
Last updated 6 July, 2016 - 9:36am

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