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Species Heterobostrychus aequalis - Oriental Wood Borer

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
Superfamily Bostrichoidea
Family Bostrichidae (Horned Powder-post Beetles)
Subfamily Bostrichinae
Tribe Bostrichini
Genus Heterobostrychus
Species aequalis (Oriental Wood Borer)
Other Common Names
Lesser Auger Beetle (Australia)[Cite:185010], Oriental Bostrichid(1)
Explanation of Names
Heterobostrychus aequalis (Waterhouse 1884)
Size
6-15 mm(2)(1)
Range
tropical Indo-Pacific islands, so. Asia; adventive in the New World, established in so. FL in the wild(2)
Food
non host-specific (recorded from 30 tree genera)(2); infests sapwood of commercial woods(1)
Life Cycle
can be completed in 1 year, but can extend to 6 years(1)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: FL 1967[cite:185010]
serious pest of lumber and nearly all wood products(2)
Internet References
Fact sheets: Woodruff & Fasulo (2015)(2) | Walker (2011)(3)
Works Cited
1.Handbook of urban insects and arachnids: A handbook of urban entomology
Robinson W.H. 2005. Cambridge University Press.
2.University of Florida: Featured Creatures
3.PaDIL – High quality images and information tools designed for Biosecurity and Biodiversity
Contributed by Ken Schneider on 19 November, 2008 - 11:13am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 26 March, 2017 - 4:53pm

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