A new host-specific, Xyleborus vochysiae (Curculionidae: Scolytinae), from Central America breeding in live trees

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 211-217

  Kirkendall, Lawrence R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Body size; Costa Rica; Host specificity; Scolytinae; Xyleborini

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BODY SIZE; HOST SPECIFICITY; NEW SPECIES; TREE; TROPICAL FOREST;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

AMBROSIA; AMBROSIODMUS; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; PLATYPODINI; SCOLYTINAE; VOCHYSIA FERRUGINEA; XYLEBORINI; XYLEBORUS;

EID: 33750898630     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2006)099[0211:ANHXVC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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