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Species Stenhomalus taiwanus

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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 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