Scolytinae and Platypodinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Associated with the Mangrove Ecosystem in Tamaulipas, Mexico
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https://doi.org/10.32870/dugesiana.v33i1.7388Keywords:
ambrosia beetles, 𝑨𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒂 𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒔, 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒑𝒖𝒔 𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒔, 𝑳𝒂𝒈𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒂 𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒂, 𝑹𝒉𝒊𝒛𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒓𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆Abstract
The objective of this study is to record beetle species from the Scolytinae and Platypodinae subfamilies associated with mangrove trees in Tamaulipas, Mexico. Collections were carried out with bottle traps during 2020-2021 in the mangrove ecosystems of “Laguna del Carpintero” in Tampico and “Ejido Lomas del Real” in Altamira, Tamaulipas. A total of 221 individuals were collected, belonging to eight genera and 14 species. Thirteen species from seven genera were recorded for Scolytinae. From the Platypodinae subfamily, the species 𝑻𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒚𝒑𝒖𝒔 𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒔 was recorded. The most abundant species were 𝑴𝒊𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒚𝒍𝒖𝒔 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒎𝒖𝒔 and 𝑯𝒚𝒑𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒎𝒖𝒔 𝒐𝒃𝒔𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒖𝒔, with 54 and 52 individuals, representing 47.96% of the total collected. The species 𝑪𝒐𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒕𝒓𝒚𝒑𝒆𝒔 𝒄𝒚𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊, 𝑪𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒚𝒍𝒖𝒔 𝒑𝒂𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒔, 𝑯𝒚𝒑𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒎𝒖𝒔 𝒆𝒓𝒖𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒔, 𝑯𝒚𝒑𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒎𝒖𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔, 𝑯𝒚𝒑𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒎𝒖𝒔 𝒋𝒂𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒖𝒔, 𝑯𝒚𝒑𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒎𝒖𝒔 𝒐𝒃𝒔𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒖𝒔 and 𝑿𝒚𝒍𝒆𝒃𝒐𝒓𝒖𝒔 𝒃𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒔 are new records for Tamaulipas. This study contributed knowledge about the composition of Scolytinae in the mangroves of Tamaulipas.References
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