Sarıkamış'ta Sarıçam (Pinus sylvestris L.) ormanları önemli bir sahayı kaplamaktadır. Bu bitki üzerinde zarar yapan Coleoptera ve Hymenoptera takımından değişik familyalara mensup 19 böcek türü tespit edilmiştir. Bu türler; Ampedus (Elater) sanguineus (L.), Anthaxia (Melanthaxia) nigrojubata incognita Buy, Chalcophora mariana (L.), Acanthocinus aedilis L, Anastrangalia sanguinolenta (L.), Asemum striatum (L), Criocephalus rusticus (L.), Hylotrupes bajulus L.,Monochamus galloprovincialis (Olivier), Pogonocherus perroudi perroudi Mulsant, Rhagium bifasciatum F., R. inquisitor (L.), Spondylis buprestoides (L), Brachyderes incanus L, Hylobius abietis (L.), Pissodes notatus (F.), P. piceae (Illiger), P. pini (L.) ve Diprion pini L.'dir. Bu türlerden, Ampedus (E.) sanguineus, Anthaxia (M.) nigrojubata incognita, Chalcophora mariana, Acanthocinus aedilis, Rhagium inquisitor, Hylobius abietis ve Pissodes notatus yörede yaygın olan ve yer yer yüksek populasyon oluşturan, önemli zararlılar durumundadırlar.

Studies on the pest species belonging to the families Elateridae, Buprestidae, Cerambycidae, Curculionidae (Coleoptera) and Diprionidae (Hymenoptera) in Scotch Pine (Pin us sylvestris L.) forests of Sarıkamış (Kars), Turkey The Scotch Pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) covers considerable areas in Sarıkamış. Nineteen insect pest species belong to various families of Coleoptera and Hymenoptera were determined. These are: Ampedus (Elater) sanguineus (L.), Anthaxia (Melanthaxia) nigrojubata incognita Buy, Chalcophora mariana (L.), Acanthocinus aedilis L., Anastrangalia sanguinolenta (L.), Asemum striatum (L.), Criocephalus rusticus (L.), Hylotrupes bajulus L., Monochamus galloprovincialis (Olivier), Pogonocherus perroudi perroudi Mulsant, Rhagium bifasciatum F., R. inquisitor (L.), Spondylis buprestoides (L.), Brachyderes incanus L., Hylobius abietis (L.), Pissodes notatus (F.), P. piceae (Illiger), P. pini (L.) and Diprion pini L, Among these, Ampedus (E.) sanguineus, Anthaxia (M.) nigrojubata incognita, Chalcophora mariana, Acanthocinus aedilis, Rhagium inquisitor, Hylobius abietis and Pissodes notatus were recorded to be widely spread and important pests having high populations in the research area sometimes.