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OBSERVATIONS ON THE FIRST SCOLYTID, POECILIPS PTERIDOPHYTAE (COLEOPTERA: SCOLYTIDAE), TO BE FOUND IN ASSOCIATION WITH A FERN (PTERIDOPHYTA)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

B. Gray
B. Gray
Affiliation:
Department of Forests, Bulolo, Territory of Papua and New Guinea
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Abstract

Poecilips pteridophytae Schedl is the first species of Scolytidae to be found on a fern. It appears to be fairly widely distributed in New Guinea on the tropical bracken fern, Pteridium aquilnum (L.). The association is most probably of recent evolutionary origin. The immature stages are described in the text. Its life history is relatively short, the life cycle raking 2 to 4 mouths, and takes place wholly width the stem of the fern, except for emigrating adults. P. pteridophytae may have considerable economic potential as a biological control agent of bracken fern in countries where it is a pest.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 102 , Issue 5 , May 1970 , pp. 578 - 585
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1970

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