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Species Euwallacea perbrevis - Tea Shot Hole Borer clade a

Euwallacea fornicatus - Euwallacea perbrevis Euwallacea fornicatus - Euwallacea perbrevis
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 Euwallacea
Species perbrevis (Tea Shot Hole Borer clade a)
Other Common Names
TSHBa
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Previously considered a synonym of E. whitfordiodendrus in (1); recognized as valid following the rediscovery of the E. fornicatus syntype(2)
Explanation of Names
Euwallacea perbrevis (Schedl, 1951)
Range
native to S/SE Asia, introduced in NA (FL, HI)(2)
Food
highly polyphagous(3)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: FL 2002(4)
Internet References
Works Cited
1.Species Delineation Within the Euwallacea fornicatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Complex Revealed by Morphometric and Phyloge...
Gomez, D.F., Skelton, J., Steininger, M.S., Stouthamer, R., Rugman-Jones, P., Sittichaya, W., Rabaglia, R.J., Hulcr, J. . 2018. Insect Systematics and Diversity.
2.Reassessment of the Species in the Euwallacea fornicatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) Complex after the Rediscover...
Smith, S.M, et al. 2019. Insects.
3.Atkinson T.H. (200_‒2023) Bark and ambrosia beetles of the Americas
4.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.