Completion of Part 2 of a World Catalog of Scolytidae and Platypodidae

树皮甲虫和凤仙花甲虫是最具破坏性的害虫之一。在美国，近60%的树木自然死亡是由这些科的成员直接或间接造成的，包括南松甲虫、山松甲虫、西松甲虫和荷兰榆树病（由欧洲榆树皮甲虫携带）。尽管关于这些昆虫及其造成的问题的科学文章已经超过2万篇，但这些文献很分散，很难找到。现存唯一的文献索引是在1910年写的，当时只有五分之一的物种是已知的。斯蒂芬·伍德博士已完成了一份载有这些文献参考资料的新参考书目，将于1987年底出版。这个项目将支持制作伍德参考书目中引用的文献索引。该索引将大大加快研究人员查找和使用已发表资源的速度和效率，并将大大提高他们对文献审查的彻底性。昆虫收藏馆长、昆虫学家和与树皮甲虫和凤仙花甲虫害虫种类鉴定有关的林业人员将非常感谢目录中所提供的最新学名和分类以及适用于每个物种的文献引文。该索引至少在二、三十年的时间里，每年可以节省数千小时的宝贵研究时间。伍德博士是世界上唯一在世的研究树皮甲虫和凤仙花甲虫的权威。他研究它们的分类和行为已有40多年了。杨百翰大学的图书馆和计算机设施非常好。

Bark and ambrosia beetles (families Scolytidae and Patypodidae) are among the most destructive of insect pests. Nearly 60 percent of all natural tree mortality in the United States is caused either directly or indirectly by members of these families, including southern pine beetles, mountain pine beetles, western pine beetles and dutch elm disease (carried by the European elm bark beetle). Although more than 20,000 scientific articles have been written on these insects and the problems they cause, this literature is scattered and difficult to locate. The only existing index to this literature was written in 1910, when only one-fifth of the currently recognized species were known. A new bibliography containing references to this literature has been completed by Dr. Stephen Wood and will be published in late 1987. This project will support production of an index to the literature cited in Wood's bibliography. The index will greatly accelerate the speed and efficiency with which researchers can locate and use published sources and it will greatly enhance the thoroughness of their review of the literature. Curators of insect collections, entomologists and foresters concerned with the identification of pest species of bark and ambrosia beetles will greatly appreciate the updated scientific names and classifications presented in the catalog as well as the literature citations that apply to each species. The index should save thousands of hours of valuable research time annually for at least two or three decades. Dr. Wood is the only living world authority on bark and ambrosia beetles. He has worked on their taxonomy and behavior for over 40 years. Library and computer facilities at Brigham Young University are excellent.