Bark and Ambrosia Beetles

SYNONYMY

• Scolytogenes jalapae (Letzner 1844) Uebers. Schleisischen Ges. Vaterland Kuture: 99
• Bostrichus jalapae Letzner 1844. Uebers. Schleisischen Ges. Vaterland Kuture: 99
• Ernoporides floridensis Hopkins 1915. USDA Rept. 99: 34
• Scolytogenes knabi (Hopkins 1915) USDA Rept. 99: 34
• Cryphalomorphus knabi (Hopkins 1915) USDA Rept. 99: 34
• Ernoporides knabi Hopkins 1915. USDA Rept. 99: 34
• Hypothenemus ritchiei Sampson 1918. Bull. Ent. Res. 8: 295
• Cryphalomorphus carabaicus Schedl 1951. Dusenia 2: 96
• Cryphalomorphus minutissimus Schedl 1951. Dusenia 2: 97
• Cryphalomorphus subtriatus Schedl 1952. Dusenia 3: 360
• Cryphalomorphus alienus Schedl 1976. : 65

DISTRIBUTION.

Numbers in parentheses after each geographic unit are the number of distinct collection events in the database for that unit. In general, countries outside the New World have not yet been added to the database for exotic species. For further information on published sources of distribution, check the REFERENCES section.

• Central America (7)
  Guatemala (5): Escuintla (3), Guatemala (2); Honduras (2): Atlántida (1), Cortés (1);
• Caribbean (9)
  Cuba (2): Cienfuegos (2); Guadeloupe (2): no state / prov. data (2); Jamaica (1): unknown (1); Puerto Rico (2): no state / prov. data (2); Rep. Dominicana (1): unknown (1); Virgin Is. (1): no state / prov. data (1);
• North America (56)
  (4): no state / prov. data (4); México (52): CHIS (2), GRO (1), MICH (5), MOR (44);
• North America (119)
  (4): no state / prov. data (4); México (52): CHIS (2), GRO (1), MICH (5), MOR (44); México (76): CHIS (2), GRO (1), MICH (5), MOR (44); MOR (54), NAY (3), OAX (3), unknown (2), VER (6); U.S. (39): FL (34), LA (3), TX (2);

HOSTS

Numbers in parentheses after each host family, genus, or collection method are the number of distinct collection events in the database for that host or method.

• No host information (38);
• Apocynaceae (1): Thevetia (1): sp. (1);
• Caesalpinaceae (1): Caesalpinia (1): sp. (1);
• Convolvulaceae (11): Calonyction (1): tamnifolium (1); Ipomoea (10): batata (1), cordatitriloba (1), pes-caprae (1), purga (1), sp. (6);
• Cucurbitaceae (3): (3): no species data (3);
• Euphorbiaceae (1): Euphorbia (1): pulcherrima (1);
• Loranthaceae (2): Psittacanthus (1): sp. (1); Struthanthus (1): sp. (1);
• Moraceae (2): Ficus (2): carica (1), elastica (1);
• Papilionaceae (2): Eysenhardtia (1): polystachya (1); Phaseolus (1): sp. (1);
• Sapindaceae (1): Cardiospermum (1): halacabum (1);
• trap (7): flight intercept (2): no details (2); light (3): no details (2), ultraviolet (1); Lindgren Funnel (1): no details (1); window trap (1): no details (1);
• Viscaceae (3) Phoradendron (3): sp. (3);

REFERENCES

The following are important recent monographs, catalogs, and supplements to catalogs that refer to this species. The specific page on which the reference is made is shown in pink at the end of the reference. In the case of Wood (1982) and Wood & Bright (1992) clicking on the reference page will link to a digital version of the work in question.

• Wood, S.L. 1982. The bark and ambrosia beetles of North and Central America (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), a taxonomic monograph. Great Basin Nat. Mem. 6:1-1356. [866]. (data capture complete)
• Wood, S.L., Bright,D.E. 1992. A catalog of Scolytidae and Platypodidae (Coleoptera), Part 2. Taxonomic Index. Great Basin Nat. Mem. 13:1-1553 (vol. A, B). [862]
• Wood, S.L. 2007. Bark and ambrosia beetles of South America (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). Monte L. Bean Sci. Mus.,Provo, Utah. 900 pp. [486]. (all data not captured)

The following are references from which host and distribution data have been input into the database. If one of the above monographs or catalogs also appears in this list, it means that most relevant collection event data have been included.

• Atkinson, T.H., Equihua M., A 1985. Notes on biology and distribution of Mexican and Central American Scolytidae (Coleoptera). II. Scolytinae: Cryphalini and Corthylini. Coleopterists Bull. 39: 355-363.
• Atkinson, T.H., Equihua M., A. 1988. Notas sobre biología y distribución de Scolytidae y Platypodidae de México y Centroamérica. Fol. Entomol. Mex. 76: 83-105.
• Atkinson, T.H., Martínez F., E, Saucedo C., E, Burgos S., A 1986. Scolytidae y Platypodidae (Coleoptera) asociados a selva baja caducifolia y comunidades derivadas en el estado de Morelos. Fol. Entomol. Mex. 69: 41-82. .
• Atkinson, T.H., Riley, E.G. 2013. Atlas and Checklist of the bark and ambrosia beetles of Texas and Oklahoma (Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae). Insecta Mundi (in press).
• Bright, D.E.; Torres, J.A. 2006. Studies on West Indian Scolytidae (Coleoptera) 4. A review of the Scolytidae of Puerto Rico, U.S.A. with descriptions of one new genus, fourteen new species and notes on new synonymy (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). Koleopterisches Rundschau 76: 389-421.
• EDRR 2011. USFS Early Detection Rapid Response Database. http://www.fs.fed.us/invasivespecies/earlydetection.shtml/.
• Ferro, M.L., Gimmel,M.L. 2011. First Record of Scolytogenes jalapae (Letzner) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in Louisiana, U.S.A.. Coleopterists Bull. 65(4): 363.
• Hopkins, A.D. 1915. Classification of the Cryphalinae with descriptions of new genera and species. Contrib. Bureau Entomol., U.S.Dept.Agric. Rep. 99: 1-75.
• unpublished 2012. dummy record for unpublished records. .
• Wood, S.L. 1982. The bark and ambrosia beetles of North and Central America (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), a taxonomic monograph. Great Basin Nat. Mem. 6: 1-1356.

All distribution maps automatically open on the southeastern U.S. Maps can be resized (scale bar at upper left) and the center moved (place cursor over map and drag) to see other parts of the distribution of the species. Clicking on a map marker will pull up collection event data and a literature citation if present. If any errors are found, please refer to the "series code" which is a unique identifier for a database record in any communications). Coordinates have not been entered for all collection records.