EPPO Global Database

Ips duplicatus(IPSXDU)

Distribution details in Slovenia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2023: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2020
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present: restricted distribution (2023-12)
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2020/168) : one beetle caught in a pheromone trap specific to Ips typographus the Central Slovenia region.

EPPO Reporting Service (2023/198) : no further specimens were caught. Absent.

From Kavčič et al. (2023): only small numbers of beetles (25) caught in traps in Central Slovenia.

NPPO (2023-12): considering the article of Kavčič et al. (2023), the pest status is declared "Present: restricted distribution".
References
* Kavčič A, Devetak Z, Piškur B, Groznik E, de Groot M (2023) First record of the northern spruce bark beetle, Ips duplicatus (Sahlberg, 1836), in Slovenia. BioInvasions Records 12(3), 699–710.
https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2023.12.3.07
------- Surveys from 2018 to 2021, 25 specimens caught in a small area in Central Slovenia.

* NPPO of Slovenia (2020-06, 2023-09, 2023-12).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Austria Present, restricted distribution view...
Croatia Absent, unreliable record view...
Hungary Present, restricted distribution view...