Xylosandrus crassiusculus

Xylosandrus crassiusculus
Larvae of the granulate ambrosia beetle
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Coleoptera
Family:Curculionidae
Genus:Xylosandrus
Species: X. crassiusculus
Binomial name
Xylosandrus crassiusculus
(Motschulsky, 1866)
Synonyms
  • Xylosandrus semiopacus Eichhoff

Xylosandrus crassiusculus, known generally as the Asian ambrosia beetle or granulate ambrosia beetle, is a species of typical bark beetle in the family Curculionidae.[1][2][3][4] It is native to Asia, but is an invasive species in Africa, the Americas, Europe and Oceania.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Xylosandrus crassiusculus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  2. ↑ "Xylosandrus crassiusculus species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  3. ↑ "Xylosandrus crassiusculus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  4. ↑ "Xylosandrus crassiusculus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  5. ↑ Tuffen, MG (2015). "Rapid Pest Risk Analysis (PRA) for Xylosandrus crassiusculus". Defra. Retrieved 31 May 2015.

Further reading

  • Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; Lyal, Christopher H.C. (1999). A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) (Excepting Scotylidae and Platypodidae). Entomopraxis. ISBN 84-605-9994-9.
  • Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
  • LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
  • O'Brien, Charles W.; Wibmer, Guillermo J. (1982). "Annotated checklist of the weevils (Curculionidae sensu lato) of North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)". Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute (34).
  • White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.

  • "NCBI Taxonomy Browser". Retrieved 2018-04-21.
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