Ips duplicatus (Sahlberg) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) Distribution in Romania - Preliminary Results

Authors

  • M.L. Duduman Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Romania
  • G. Isaia Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania
  • N. Olenici Forest Research and Management Institute, Campulung Moldovenesc, Romania

Keywords:

Ips duplicatus, Romania, distribution

Abstract

Ips duplicatus was collected in Romania for the first time in 1948. Afterwards, between 1957 and 1967, it was found in different places, but only as a faunistic element. The first outbreak of this species was reported in 2008 in spruce stands installed outside the natural area (the North-Eastern part of Romania). Using pheromonal traps in 2010 we initiated the checking of its presence in five locations of Suceava County, and the research continued in 2011 in thirty-one locations distributed within the most areas of the country where the Norway spruce is growing, but only up to 1000 m altitude. Ips duplicatus specimens were captured in most places. Most captures (about 2500 beetles/day) were recorded in the Zamostea location (the North-Eastern part of Romania), in an area where Ips duplicatus population attained the epidemic level.

Author Biographies

M.L. Duduman, Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Romania

Forestry Dept.

G. Isaia, Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania

Dept. of Silviculture and Forest Engineering

N. Olenici, Forest Research and Management Institute, Campulung Moldovenesc, Romania

Experimental Station for Spruce Silviculture

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Published

2011-11-29

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FORESTRY