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Species Hypothenemus birmanus - Kiawe Scolytid

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Curculionoidea
Family Curculionidae (Snout and Bark Beetles)
Subfamily Scolytinae (Bark and Ambrosia Beetles)
Tribe Tryopophloeini
Genus Hypothenemus
Species birmanus (Kiawe Scolytid)
Explanation of Names
Hypothenemus birmanus (Eichhoff 1878)
Range
pantropical, of Asian origin, adventive in NA (FL, TX)(1)
Food
highly polyphagous: recorded hosts include members of ~30 plant families(1)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: FL 1951(2)
Internet References
Works Cited
1.Atkinson T.H. (200_‒2023) Bark and ambrosia beetles of the Americas
2.Exotic bark and ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in the United States: potential and current invaders
Haack R.A., Rabaglia R.J. 2013. In: Potential invasive pests of agricultural crops. Peña J.E., ed. CABI International, Wallingford, UK, pp. 48‒74.