Mandelshtam M.Yu., Sergeev M.E., Korznikov K.A.
Amurian zoological journal 2023; 15(1): 15-21
A list of twenty-nine species of Scolytids of the Botanical Garden in Vladivostok was prepared based on the authors’ extensive collections. The specimens were collected with flight intercept traps and manual picking from infested trees in 2000, 2021, and 2022. Several species, that had recently invaded Primorskij Kraij, namely Cnestus mutilatus (Blandford, 1894), Microperus molestus Park et Smith, 2020, and Xylosandrus germanus (Blandford, 1894) were discovered. These species with a broad list of hosts may damage both native and introduced trees of the Botanical Garden. A new host plant Korean pine Pinus koraiensis Siebold et Zucc. is indicated for the first time for Pityophthorus abietinus Wood, 1989 that usually breeds in fir. Bark-beetle species collected in the environs of Vladivostok in 1990 and 2000 outside the Botanical Garden including Elena Island (Russian Island), are also listed; these species are likely to be found in the garden in the future.
