20.01. Ernoporicus caucasicus (Lindemann, 1876)
Presence
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Older catalogs and keys – citations of name
Grüne 1979: Ernoporus caucasicus Lindemann, 1876; Freude, Harde, Lohse 1981: Ernoporus caucasicus Lindemann; Pfeffer & Knížek 1993: Ernoporicus caucasicus (Lindemann, 1876); Pfeffer 1995: E. caucasicus (Lindemann, 1876).
Figure 83: Ernoporicus caucasicus, distribution map according to historical and recent data
Ecology and presence in Slovenia
The species is distributed in central and southern northern Europe, Romania, Crimea, the Caucasus and Asia Minor. There is one record in Slovenia, in Dolenjska in 1994 (Figure 83). Hosts include Tilia cordata, T. platyphyllos and T. tomentosa, and according to some sources also Ulmus glabra and Hibiscus syriacus. Saproxyl, adult length 1.5-2.0 mm.