14.03. Phloeotribus scarabaeoides (Bernard, 1788)
Presence
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N: AG CI EG LB MO TU
A: CY IQ IS JO LE SY TR
Figure 58: Phloeotribus scarabaeoides, dorsal, lateral (Photo: Maja Jurc)
Older catalogs and keys – citations of name
Grüne 1979: Phloeotribus scarabaeoides (Bernard, 1788); Freude, Harde, Lohse 1981: Phloeotribus scarabaeoides Bernard; Titovšek 1988: P. scarabaeoides (Bernard); Pfeffer & Knížek 1993: P. scarabaeoides (Bernard, 1788); Pfeffer 1995: P. scarabaeoides scarabaeoides (Bernard, 1788) n. stat.. 1793.
Figure 59: Phloeotribus scarabaeoides, distribution map according to historical and recent data
Ecology and presence in Slovenia
The species is found in the Mediterranean area of Europe, in North Africa and in Asia Minor, within the range of the genus Olea. The species is rare in Slovenia, with only two known sites in Primorska (Figure 59). Hosts include Olea europaea, Phillyrea latifolia, Fraxinus angustifolia, F. excelsior and Syringa spp.. In Slovenia it has been found only on Olea europaea and Fraxinus ornus. It develops 2-4 generations per year. Adult length is 2.0-2.5 mm. The flagellum of the antennae is cephalic, composed of three segments. A band of darker hairs runs transversely across the middle of the elytra (Figure 58).