Bostrichus capucinus, (Linnaeus, 1758)

Ruzzier, Enrico & Ataş, Mustafa, 2024, Wood-Boring Beetles (Coleoptera) Affecting Vitis vinifera L. (Vitaceae) Cultivation in Southeastern Turkey, The Coleopterists Bulletin 78 (2), pp. 165-170 : 166

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1649/0010-065X-78.2.165

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13243793

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CB87C2-FFDE-FFAC-60BD-FD0729BDFB0B

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Bostrichus capucinus
status

 

BostRIchus capucINus (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL

Specimens: 10 exx., Turkey: Elaziğ (Hoşköy), 38°40′31′′ N 39°24′15′′ E, 977 m, M. Ataş leg. GoogleMaps

General Distribution: Species with a Palearctic distribution (Löbl and Smetana 2007), introduced into the USA but not established ( Simon 2014).

Distribution in Turkey: Ardahan, Balikesir, Bartin, Erzincan, Erzurum, Iğdir, Kars, Kayseri, Konya, Muğla, Diyarbakir Eğil (Central District) ( Ozgen 2018). The data presented here constitute the first record of this species in Elaziğ (Hoşköy).

Larval Host Plants: Despite Quercus spp. ( Fagaceae ) being considered the main host genus for this species, B. capucinus can develop on multiple other plants, such as Ericaceae , Fabaceae , Fagaceae , Moraceae , Myrtaceae , Pinaceae , Rhamnaceae , and Vitaceae (e.g., Fisher 1950; Halperin and Damoiseau 1980; Nardi and Mifsud 2015).

Notes. The species emerged from branches of the Ağin white variety (Ağin beyazi), specifically from those that resulted from pruning of the previous year.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Bostrichidae

Genus

Bostrichus

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