23.04. Crypturgus hispidulus (C. G. Thomson, 1870)
Presence
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Figure 91: Crypturgus hispidulus, dorsal, lateral (Photo: Maja Jurc)
Older catalogs and keys – citations of name
Grüne 1979: Crypturgus hispidulus Thomson, 1870; Freude, Harde, Lohse 1981: Crypturgus hispidulus Thomson; Pfeffer & Knížek 1993: Crypturgus hispidulus C. G. Thomson, 1836; Pfeffer 1995: Crypturgus hispidulus Thomson, 1870.
Figure 92: Crypturgus hispidulus, distribution map according to historical and recent data
Ecology and presence in Slovenia
The species is present in central, western and northern Europe, in the European part of the former Soviet Union and in Asia. It is present in most of Slovenia, with the exception of NE part of the country, Primorska and Bela Krajina (Figure 92). Hosts include Picea abies, P. obovata, P. jezoensis, Pinus sylvestris, P. mugo, Abies sibirica and Larix decidua. In Slovenia it has been found only on P. abies, where it extended the tunnel systems of Ips typographus, Polygraphus poligraphus, Pityophthorus pityographus and Dryocoetes autographus. Adult length is 1.1 to 1.3 mm. The shiny elytra have strong punctate lines between which yellowish-white hairs grow (Figure 91). As a space parasite, it is of no economic importance.