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Species Anisandrus dispar - European Shot-hole Borer

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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 Xyleborini
Genus Anisandrus
Species dispar (European Shot-hole Borer)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Xyleborus dispar
Explanation of Names
Anisandrus dispar (Fabricius 1792)
Range
native to the Palaearctic, adventive and widespread in e. NA (NS-ON south to NC-IL) and in the west (BC-CA-UT)(1)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: MA 1817(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.