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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 » Smaller European Elm Bark Beetle (Scolytus multistriatus)

Species Scolytus multistriatus - Smaller European Elm Bark Beetle

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 multistriatus (Smaller European Elm Bark Beetle)
Explanation of Names
Scolytus multistriatus (Marsham 1802)
Size
2.2-3.0 mm
Identification
prominent spine on abdominal segment 2 separates S. multistriatus from S. rugulosus, the only other hardwood-infesting western scolytid. (UBC Forestry)
Range
across US, w. Canada to c. Mexico (map)(1)
Food
Elm (Ulmus, Ulmaceae)(1)
Life Cycle
Overwinter as larvae under bark(2)
Adults construct galleries 1-2" in length in the inner bark, grooving the surface of the wood, parallel to the grain. Eggs are deposited in niches along the gallery sides. The larvae feed, angling away from the gallery. The form cells in the bark for pupation.(2)
Life cycle in spring and summer can be completed in 35-40 days with 2 generations per year.(2)
Remarks
A vector of Dutch elm disease
earliest record in our area: MA 1909(3)
Their gallery is typically unbranched and runs parallel to the grain; this distinguishes from the native elm bark beetles (Hylurgopinus rufipes) which is a Y-shaped gallery.
Internet References
Specie page(1)
Fact sheet (anon. 2011)(4)
Works Cited
1.Atkinson T.H. (200_‒2023) Bark and ambrosia beetles of the Americas
2.Eastern Forest Insects
Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.
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.
4.Forest invasive alien species (Canadian Forest Service)
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 22 December, 2006 - 6:28pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, ghanley1, Mike Quinn, ceiseman, v belov, onegunah, Marci Hess
Last updated 30 July, 2023 - 12:52pm

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