Sinoxylon unidentatum
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Bostrichidae
Genus: Sinoxylon
Name
Sinoxylon unidentatum (Fabricius, 1801) – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Material examined
Malta: Malta: Marsa, Għammieri, 24.I.2007, DM, taken from wood packaging material originating from India, 1 ex (CMM).
Chorotype
A cosmopolitan species native to tropical eastern Asia, and widespread in the intertropical regions of the world. In Europe, it was intercepted in France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Poland, Russia, Spain and Ukraine, but its establishment was never confirmed. Moreover, the species is not reported from North Africa and the Middle East (except from Yemen) (cf. Vrydagh 1955[1], Poggi et al. 1994[2], Peck et al. 1998[3], Geis 2002[4], Ratti 2004[5], Maes 2005, Iwata and Nakano 2006, Liu et al. 2006[6], Peres Filho et al. 2006[7], Westcott et al. 2006[8], in all cases as Sinoxylon conigerum Gerstäcker 1855, Bahillo de la Puebla et al. 2007[9], Borowski 2007[10], Borowski and Węgrzynowicz 2007[11], Barriga and Cepeda 2009[12], as Sinoxylon conigerum, Savoldelli and Regalin 2009[13], Price et al. 2011[14], Brustel and Aberlenc 2014[15]).
Ecology
In its place of origin, Sinoxylon unidentatum develops in the wood of many unrelated plant families mainly: Anacardiaceae, Combretaceae, Dipterocarpaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Lamiaceae, Lauraceae, Leguminosae, Mimosaceae, Myrtaceae, Rubiaceae, Tiliaceae, Ulmaceae, etc. (cf. Poggi et al. 1994[2], Peres Filho et al. 2006[7], as Sinoxylon conigerum, Bahillo de la Puebla et al. 2007[9], Savoldelli and Regalin 2009[13]).
Notes
This alien species is a new record for the central Mediterranean area. Due to its polyphagy, it is frequently exported with wooden packing material (cf. Bahillo de la Puebla et al. 2007[9]). The Maltese climate (Chetcuti et al. 1992[16], Schembri 1997[17]) is unsuitable for its establishment (J. Borowski, pers. comm. 2012), but in an indoor site of northern Italy, this species was able to complete its development and to spread the infestation (Savoldelli and Regalin 2009[13]).
Taxon Treatment
- Nardi, G; Mifsud, D; 2015: The Bostrichidae of the Maltese Islands (Coleoptera) ZooKeys, (481): 69-108. doi
Other References
- ↑ Vrydagh J (1955) Contribution à l’étude des Bostrychidae (Coleoptera Teredilia) 5. – Collection de la « California Academy of Sciences ». Bullettin. Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique 31(53): 1–15.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Poggi R, Brussino G, Scarpelli F (1994) Intercettazione in Piemonte di Sinoxylon conigerum Gerstäcker (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae). Atti XVII Congresso nazionale italiano di Entomologia, Udine, 13–18 giugno 1994, 217–219.
- ↑ Peck S, Heraty J, Landry B, Sinclair B (1998) The introduced insect fauna of an oceanic archipelago: The Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. American Entomologist 44: 218–237. doi: 10.1093/ae/44.4.218
- ↑ Geis K (2002) Gebietsfremde Splintholz- und Bohrkäfer, nach Mitteleuropa mit Importholz und anderen Gütern eingeschleppt. – Eine Bestandsaufnahme (Coleoptera: Lyctidae, Bostrichidae). Mitteilungen des Internationalen Entomologischen Vereins, Supplement 10: 1–100.
- ↑ Ratti E (2004) Coleoptera Lyctidae e Bostrichidae intercettati nel porto e negli ambienti urbani di Venezia. Bollettino del Museo civico di Storia naturale di Venezia 55: 121–125.
- ↑ Liu L, Beaver R, Yang J (2006) The Bostrichidae (Coleoptera) of Taiwan: a key to species, new records, and a lectotype designation for Sinoxylon mangiferae Chujo. Zootaxa 1307: 1–33.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Peres Filho O, Teixeira É, Becerra M, Dorval A, Berti Filho E (2006) First record of Sinoxylon conigerum Gerstäcker (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) in Brazil. Neotropical Entomology 35(5): 712–713. doi: 10.1590/S1519-566X2006000500023
- ↑ Westcott R, Labonte J, Parsons G, Johnson P (2006) New records and other notes for Oregon Coleoptera. Zootaxa 1142: 1–33.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Bahillo de la Puebla P, López-Cólon J, Baena M (2007) Los Bostrichidae Latreille, 1802 de la fauna de íbero-balear (Coleoptera). Heteropterus Revista de Entomología 7(2): 147–227.
- ↑ Borowski J (2007) Bostrichidae. In: Löbl I Smetana A (Eds) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 4. Elateroidea – Derodontoidea – Bostrichoidea – Lymexyloidea – Cleroidea – Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, 320–328.
- ↑ Borowski J, Węgrzynowicz P (2007) World Catalogue of Bostrichidae (Coleoptera). Wydawnictwo Mantis, Olsztyn, 248 pp.
- ↑ Barriga J, Cepeda D (2009) Bostrichidae (incl. Lyctinae). In: Barriga J (Ed.) Coleoptera Neotropical. http://coleoptera-neotropical.org/paginaprincipalhome.html [accessed 21 October 2013]
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Savoldelli S, Regalin R (2009) Infestation of wood pallets by Sinoxylon unidentatum (Fabricius) (Coleoptera Bostrichidae) in Italy. Bollettino di Zoologia agraria e di Bachicoltura, Serie II, 41(3): 235–238.
- ↑ Price T, Brownell K, Raines M, Smith C, Gandhi K (2011) Multiple detections of two exotic auger beetles of the genus Sinoxylon (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) in Georgia, USA. Florida Entomologist 94(2): 354–355. doi: 10.1653/024.094.0235
- ↑ Brustel H, Aberlenc H (2014) Les Bostrichidae Latreille, 1802 de la faune de France: espèces autochtones, interceptées, introduites ou susceptibles de l’être (Coleoptera). R.A.R.E. 23(2): 65–68.
- ↑ Chetcuti D, Buhagair A, Schemnri P, Ventura F (1992) The climate of the Maltese Islands: a review. Malta Univesity Press, Msida, I–VI + 108 pp.
- ↑ Schembri P (1997) The Maltese Islands: climate, vegetation and landscape. GeoJournal 41(2): 115–125. doi: 10.1023/A:1006828706452
