Elm splint beetle

Great elm splint beetle ( Scolytus scolytus )

With the term elm bark beetle to different types of referred to the subfamily of bark beetles belonging to the genus of Splintkäfer ( Scolytus ) attached elm live. They are known to be the vector of the tube fungus Ophiostoma novo-ulmi , which causes Dutch elm disease in Europe.

Often the "elm splint beetle" refers to the large elm splint beetle , the most common of these species in Central Europe. In some areas, however, the common elm beetle can also be strongly represented.

The following species of sapwood beetle live on the elm:

• Scolytus ensifer
• Scolytus kirschii
• Scolytus laevis (common elm splint beetle )
• Scolytus multistriatus ( Elm splint beetle )
• Scolytus pygmaeus ( dwarf pin beetle )
• Scolytus scolytus ( Greater Elm Splint Beetle )
• Scolytus zaitzevi

literature

• Wolfgang Schwenke (Hrsg.) Among others: The forest pests of Europe. A manual in 5 volumes
  • Volume 2: Beetles . Parey, Hamburg and Berlin 1974, ISBN 3-490-11016-1
• Fritz Schwerdtfeger : The forest diseases. Textbook of forest pathology and forest protection . 4th revised edition. Parey, Hamburg et al. 1981, ISBN 3-490-09116-7 .