Frequency and distribution of insect species on trunks in burnt pine forests of Greece.

The bark and wood boring insects found on burnt trees of three pine species (Pinus nigra, P. brutia, and P. halepensis) are classified according to their frequency of incidence and their distribution in the trunk: - species attacking the tree trunk on its whole length: Orthotornicus longicollis and O. erosus; - species attacking the tree trunk on its whole length except for the upper, very thin sections of the crown: Tomicus piniperda, Melanophila cuspidata, Phaenops chalcea, and Acanthocinus griseus; species attacking the lower and middle trunk: Ips sexdentatus, Anthaxia sturanyi, Criocephalus trisus, Crypturgus numidicus, Rhagium inquisitor, Sirex noctitio, Xyleborus eurygraphus, and Acanthocinus aedilis; - specie attacking the middle and upper trunk: Monochamus galloprovincialis, Tomicus minor, Pogonochaerus perroudi, Chrysobothris solieri, Phaenops formaneki, and Pityogenes calcaratus; - species restricted to the upper section of the trunk and the branches: Ernobius mollis, Dicerca moesta, Pissodes notatus, and Anthaxia laticeps.