Hypothenemus eruditus Westwood

Beaver, Roger A. & Smith, Sarah M., 2022, The bark and ambrosia beetles of Bhutan (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae): a synopsis with three new species of Scolytinae, Zootaxa 5174 (1), pp. 1-24 : 11

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scientific name	Hypothenemus eruditus Westwood
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Hypothenemus eruditus Westwood View in CoL complex

Tomicus (Hypothenemus) eruditus Westwood, 1836: 34 View in CoL .

Hypothenemus eruditus Westwood, 1839: 353 View in CoL .

Hypothenemus eruditus View in CoL was recorded from Bhutan by Schedl (1975). Wood & Bright (1992) list 70 synonyms of this species. It is clear that it is a complex of many species, not easily separated morphologically, and that many of the supposed synonyms should be resurrected ( Kambestad et al. 2017). It is not known if the Bhutanese specimen has the morphological or molecular characteristics of H. eruditus View in CoL sensu stricto.

Distribution. Throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the world, although probably of American origin ( Wood 1977). Often imported into temperate zone countries, and occasionally established there in greenhouses and other warmer sites.

Biology. Recorded from twigs, branches, seeds and fruits of hundreds of plant species, and one of the most commonly collected species in the tropics and subtropics ( Wood 2007).

References

Kambestad, M., Kirkendall, L. R., Knutsen, I. L. & Jordal, B. H. (2017) Cryptic and pseudo-cryptic diversity in the world's most common bark beetle - Hypothenemus eruditus. Organisms, Diversity and Evolution, 17, 633 - 652. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 13127 - 017 - 0334 - 6

Schedl, K. E. (1975) Ergebnisse der Bhutan-Expedition 1972 des Naturhistorischen Museums in Basel, Coleoptera: Fam: Scolytidae und Platypodidae. Entomologica Basiliensia, 1, 383 - 385.

Westwood, J. O. (1836) Description of a minute coleopterous insect, forming the type of a new genus allied to Tomicus, with some observations upon the affinities of the Xylophaga. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1, 34 - 36. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1837. tb 03174. x

Westwood, J. O. (1839) An introduction to the modern classification of insects; founded on the natural habits and corresponding organisation of the different families. Vol. 1. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans, London, 462 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 12455

Wood, S. L. (1977) Introduced and exported American Scolytidae (Coleoptera). Great Basin Naturalist, 37, 67 - 74.

Wood, S. L. & Bright, D. E. (1992) A catalog of Scolytidae and Platypodidae (Coleoptera), Part 2: Taxonomic index. Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs, 13, 1 - 1553.

Wood, S. L. (2007) Bark and ambrosia beetles of South America (Coleoptera, Scolytidae). Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, v + 900 pp.