22.01. Hypothenemus eruditus (Westwood, 1834)
Presence
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Figure NN: Hypothenemus eruditus (Photo: Maja Jurc)
Older catalogs and keys – citations of name
Grüne 1979: Hypothenemus eruditus (Westwood, 1836); Pfeffer 1995: Hypothenemus eruditus Westwood, 1836.
Figure NN2: Hypothenemus eruditus, distribution map according to historical and recent data
Ecology and presence in Slovenia
The species is distributed in subtropical and tropical areas of Asia, Africa, the Americas and in the Mediterranean area, from the Crimea to the Canary Islands. The only specimen in Slovenia was found during the cleaning of an insectarium containing the trunk of an ash tree (Fraxinus sp.), which probably originated in Notranjska. A polyphagous species, according to the literature its hosts are Robinia pseudoacacia, Salix spp., Acer platanoides, Aesculus hippocastanum, Corylus avellana, Alnus incana, Carpinus betulus, and less frequently Pinus spp., Cryptomeria japonica, Alnus sp. and Pterocarya fraxinifolia. Together with Hypoborus ficus, it often occurs on fig branches. A very small bark beetle, with females measuring 1.0-1.3 mm in length and males 0.7-0.8 mm.