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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Longhorn Beetles (Cerambycidae) » Cerambycinae » Obriini » Stenhomalus » Stenhomalus taiwanus

Species Stenhomalus taiwanus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Stenhomalus taiwanus Matsushita - Stenhomalus taiwanus

Stenhomalus taiwanus? - Stenhomalus taiwanus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)

Superfamily Chrysomeloidea (Longhorn and Leaf Beetles)

Family Cerambycidae (Longhorn Beetles)

Subfamily Cerambycinae

Tribe Obriini

Genus Stenhomalus

Species taiwanus (Stenhomalus taiwanus)

Explanation of Names

Stenhomalus taiwanus Matsushita 1933

Identification

note long setae on the third and fourth antennomeres

Det. V. Belov, 2017

Range

adventive in se. US: AL, GA(1), plus TX: Dallas to Austin to College Station since March 2016 - Map (2)(3), native to e. Asia

Food

host in the native range: Zanthoxylum (Rutaceae)(1)

Remarks

intercepted many times in US East Coast ports since 1995, first collected in the wild in 2009 in AL(1)

See Also

Obrium maculatum (Olivier)

- Range: e. US to C. Amer.

Det. M. A. Quinn, 2017

Print References

Iwata, R. 1991. Stenhomalus taiwanus Matsushita (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) infesting a pestle made of Zanthoxylum piperitum (L.) wood. Japan House Pest 13(1): 25–27.

Makihara, H. 1977. Cerambycidae of Kuroshima Island, with descriptions of two new species and two new subspecies (Coleoptera). Esakia 10: 45–69.

Young, J.D. 2010. Interception of a Stenhomalus White, longhorned beetle (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae: Stenhomalini) in Baltimore, Maryland. The Maryland Entomologist 5(2): 2–4.

Zhang, X.M., G.H. Chen, and Q. Li. 2009. Research advance in insect pests on Zanthoxylum bungeanum in China. Chinese Bulletin of Entomology 46(4): 532–538.

Internet References

Cerambycidae Catalog

Works Cited

1.	Stenhomalus taiwanus Matsushita (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) is new to the USA Holt B.D. 2016. Col. Bull. 70:134-136.

2.	Texas A&M University Insect Collection (TAMUIC)

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by v belov on 24 January, 2013 - 3:01pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 8 June, 2023 - 8:15pm

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