Results from the Regional Identification Center of the USDA-APHIS (Eastern Region) at the Mississippi Entomological Museum for the 2012 and 2013 Wood Boring Beetle Surveys, Including New State and County Records for Alabama and Mississippi

Authors

J. L. Seltzer, Mississippi State UniversityFollow
T. L. Schiefer, Mississippi State University
R. L. Brown, Mississippi State University

Abstract

The Mississippi Entomological Museum (MEM) serves as a screening and identification center for the USDA-APHIS (Eastern Region). The screening center provides screening services for eastern states participating in Cooperative Agricultural Pest Surveys (CAPS). Each year thousands of samples are screened for exotic pests. Results from the 2012 and 2013 wood boring beetle surveys are reported here, including new state and county records. Four species representing new state records were detected in samples in 2012: Ambrosiodmus minor (Stebbing) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) and an unidentified species of Ambrosiodmus, probably A. lewisi (Blandford) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), were found in Alabama, and Xyleborinus octiesdentatus (Murayama) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) and Xylopsocus capusinus (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) were found in Mississippi. Screening in 2013 resulted in addition of new county records for these species in Alabama and Mississippi.

Recommended Citation

Seltzer, J. L.; Schiefer, T. L.; and Brown, R. L. (2013) "Results from the Regional Identification Center of the USDA-APHIS (Eastern Region) at the Mississippi Entomological Museum for the 2012 and 2013 Wood Boring Beetle Surveys, Including New State and County Records for Alabama and Mississippi," Midsouth Entomologist: Vol. 6: No. 2, Article 3.
Available at: https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/midsouthent/vol6/iss2/3