Species Hylastes ater (Paykull, 1800)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Bostrichus ater Paykull, G. von 1800. Fauna Suecica. Insecta, Coleoptera. Upsala : Edman Vol. 3. [153].
• Hylesinus chloropus Duftschmidt, K. 1825. Fauna Austriaca, oder beschreibung der österreichischen Insecten, für angehende Freunde der Entomologie. Linz & Leipzig : Akad. Buchhandl. Vol. 3 288 pp. [102] [subjective synonym].
• Hylastes pinicola Bedel, L. 1888. Faune des Coléoptères du Bassin de la Seine. Vol. VI. Rhynchophora. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 6 7(4, Publication Hors Série): 385-444 [Date published 11-IV-1888] [390] [replacement name; for Bostrichus ater Paykull, 1800].
• Ipsocossonus anomalus Oke, C. 1934. On some Australian Curculionoidea. Part 2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 46(2): 250-263, figs 1-30 [251] [subjective synonym].
• Hylastes angusticollis Eggers, H. 1929. Füng neue Borkenkäfer (Ipidae) aus dem Osten. Entomologisches Nachrichtenblatt. Troppau 3: 9-11 [9].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hagedorn, J.M. 1910. Ipidae. Coleopterorum Catalogus 4: 1-134 [8] (for Hylesinus chloropus)
• Balachowsky, A. 1949. Coléoptères Scolytides. Faune de France 50: 1-320 [Date published 30 June 1949] [128] (for Hylastes pinicola)
• Kuschel, G. 1972. The foreign Curculionoidea established in New Zealand (Insecta: Coleoptera). New Zealand Journal of Science 15(3): 273-289 [Date published Sept. 1972] [276] (for Ipsocossonus anomalus Oke)

Generic Combinations

• Hylastes ater (Paykull, 1800).

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Introduced from Palaearctic region.

Ecological Descriptors

Larva, adult: wood-borer (associated flora: Pinus [PINACEAE] Pine).

Associated Flora References

Hadlington, P.W. 1951. The bark beetles (Scolytidae). Technical Notes, Division of Wood Technology, Forestry Commission of New South Wales 5: 27-30 (Pinus)

Swan, D.C. 1942. The bark-beetle Hylastes ater Payk. (Coleoptera, Scolytidae) attacking pines in South Australia. Journal of the Department of Agriculture of South Australia 46: 86-90, figs 1-2 (Pinus)

History of changes