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First report of four Beetle species (Coleoptera) (Podapion gallicola Riley (Brentidae), Cimberis turbans Hustache (Nemonychidae), Chrysobothris californica LeConte (Buprestidae) and Laricobius nigrinus Fender (Derodontidae)) in Idaho
- Title:
- First report of four Beetle species (Coleoptera) (Podapion gallicola Riley (Brentidae), Cimberis turbans Hustache (Nemonychidae), Chrysobothris californica LeConte (Buprestidae) and Laricobius nigrinus Fender (Derodontidae)) in Idaho
- Creator:
- Callahan, Padraic M.; Merickel, Frank W.; Cook, Stephen P.; Fins, Lauren
- Date Created:
- 2008
- Description:
- Forest tree seed orchards are established and managed for the production of high-quality seed from selected species and genotypes. In the Inland Northwest, two of the important species of conifers for which seed orchards have been established are ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa P. & C. Lawson) (Pinaceae) and western white pine (P. monticola Dougl. ex D. Don). To increase the efficiency and economy of harvesting cones from these orchards, it is common to remove the upper 25–50% of the canopy, a management practice called pollarding. However, volatiles are released from the severed stems when the tops of the trees are removed, and these volatiles may act to attract insects to the treated trees (Wood 1982, Witcosky et al. 1987).On 15 May 2003 we removed approximately 50% of the canopy from 30 ponderosa pines and 28 western white pines on the University of Idaho's Experimental Forest, Latah County, Idaho. The ponderosa pines had a mean diameter at breast height (dbh) of 21.1 ± 3.3 cm, and the western white pines had a dbh of 15.4 ± 3.3 cm. An additional 30 ponderosa pines and 28 western white pines were not pollarded and were used as control trees in the study. The non-treated ponderosa pines had an average dbh of 21.4 ± 3.4, cm and the control western white pines had an average dbh of 15.6 ± 2.9 cm. All of the trees were between 20 to 30-years old. One non-baited yellow Japanese beetle trap was placed next to the bole of each tree at approximately the original mid-canopy (the height at which the topping occurred or would have occurred). In addition, a non-baited 8-unit Lindgren funnel trap (Lindgren 1983) was placed in the canopies of 30 ponderosa pines (15 treated and 15 controls) at approximately the same height as the Japanese beetle traps. All traps were placed in the trees on 22 May 2003, and trap contents were collected at approximately weekly intervals from 1 June–15 September 2003 and from 18 May–15 September 2004. The traps were not baited, but Vapona® kill strips were placed in the collecting cups and replaced monthly during each collection period. A total of 13,547 beetles representing 47 families were captured during the study; 9,556 individual beetles were captured in 2003, and 3,991 individual beetles were captured in 2004. Four species of beetles that had not previously been reported in Idaho were identified (Table 1). Three of the species (Chrysobothris californica LeConte (Buprestidae), Laricobius nigrinus Fender (Derodontidae) and Cimberis turbans Hustache (Nemonychidae)) were captured only in 2004, the year following treatment. The remaining species (Podapion gallicola Riley (Brentidae)) was captured during both years of the study.
- Document Type:
- Research Article
- Subjects:
- Coleoptera tree seed orchards pollarding Ponderosa pine
- Location:
- Latah County, Idaho
- Latitude:
- 46.869607
- Longitude:
- -116.733856
- Publisher:
- Padraic M. Callahan, Frank W. Merickel, Stephen P. Cook, and Lauren Fins "First report of four Beetle species (Coleoptera) (Podapion gallicola Riley (Brentidae), Cimberis turbans Hustache (Nemonychidae), Chrysobothris californica LeConte (Buprestidae) and Laricobius nigrinus Fender (Derodontidae)) in Idaho," The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 84(2), 117-120, (1 April 2008). https://doi.org/10.3956/2007-37.1
- Department:
- Washington Department of Natural Resources, Castle Rock, WA, United States; University of Idaho, Department of Plant, Soils, and Entomological Science, Moscow, ID, United States; Department of Forest Resources, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, United States
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- record
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- Preferred Citation:
- "First report of four Beetle species (Coleoptera) (Podapion gallicola Riley (Brentidae), Cimberis turbans Hustache (Nemonychidae), Chrysobothris californica LeConte (Buprestidae) and Laricobius nigrinus Fender (Derodontidae)) in Idaho", UIEF Research Exchange, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/uief/items/uief_0303.html
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