Temperature-dependent development of the great European spruce bark beetle Dendroctonus micans (Kug.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) and its predator Rhizophagus grandis Gyll. (Coleoptera: Monotomidae: Rhizophaginae)

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 321-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire A. Gent ◽  
David Wainhouse ◽  
Keith R. Day ◽  
Andrew J. Peace ◽  
Daegan J. G. Inward
Biologia ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 61 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hüseyin Yilmax ◽  
Kazım Sezen ◽  
Hatice Kati ◽  
Zihni Demirbağ

AbstractThe European spruce bark beetle, Dendroctonus micans Kugelann (Coleoptera, Scolytidae), is one of the most serious pests of oriental spruce (Picea orientalis L.) in Turkey. In this study, we investigated bacterial flora of D. micans collected from different populations of the forests of Eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey from 2002 to 2004. Seven different bacteria were isolated from healthy, diseased and dead specimens based on the color of colony and morphology. According to morphological, physiological and biochemical properties, metobolic enyzme profile by BIOLOG microtiter plate system, and total cellular fatty acid profile by Microbial Identification System (MIS), isolates were identified as Micrococcus luteus, Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. morrisoni, Serratia grimesii, Enterobacter cloaceae, Enterobacter intermedius, Streptococcus sp. and Pseudomonas putida. This is the first study on the bacterial flora of D. micans.


2016 ◽  
Vol 52 (No. 4) ◽  
pp. 277-282
Author(s):  
Vakula Jozef ◽  
Zúbrik Milan ◽  
Galko Juraj ◽  
Gubka Andrej ◽  
Kunca Andrej ◽  
...  

In 2015, we recorded the first attack of the great spruce bark beetle, Dendroctonus micans (Kugelann) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) on non-native Picea orientalis (L.) and Picea pungens (Engelmann) in Slovakia. To our knowledge, the occurrence of D. micans on P. orientalis in Central Europe has not been described yet. We found that D. micans preferred P. orientalis over P. pungens and other coniferous trees in urban areas. In laboratory conditions, 352 adults of D. micans emerged and only 1 predator, Rhizophagus grandis (Gyllenhal) (Coleoptera: Monotomidae), was recorded. D. micans has a potential to become a serious pest of P. orientalis and P. pungens in urban, and in air-polluted areas.


2015 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 530-540 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rupert Seidl ◽  
Jörg Müller ◽  
Torsten Hothorn ◽  
Claus Bässler ◽  
Marco Heurich ◽  
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