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D. N. Appel, K. Andersen, R. Lewis, Occurrence of Nitidulid Beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) in Texas Oak Wilt Centers, Journal of Economic Entomology, Volume 79, Issue 5, 1 October 1986, Pages 1276–1279, https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/79.5.1276
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Abstract
In 1984–85 free-flying nitidulids were trapped in centers of oak wilt, Ceratocystis fagacearum (Bretz) Hunt, for 1 year at six locations in central Texas. Two of the 10 species identified, Cryptarcha concinna Melsheimer and Colopterus maculatus (Erichson), accounted for 57 and 35%, respectively, of the total number (3,397) of beetles trapped. Peak nitidulid activity occurred during March-May at all sites. Beetles exhibited some preference for tree location within a trapping site, visiting healthy live oaks, Quercus fusiformis Small, in greater numbers than dead Spanish oaks, Quercus texana Buckley.