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Species Euwallacea similis

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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 Euwallacea
Species similis (Euwallacea similis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Xyleborus similis Ferrari 1867
Wallacellus similis (Ferrari 1867)
Explanation of Names
Euwallacea similis (Ferrari 1867)
Range
adventive to Gulf coastal plains: TX, MS, FL (1), native to tropical Asia (now widespread across the Old World tropics)
Food
recorded from tropical trees of several families(1)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: TX 2002(2)
Internet References
Bark and Ambrosia Beetles(1)
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.
Contributed by v belov on 11 February, 2014 - 9:43am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, mfdigiro
Last updated 23 August, 2019 - 1:55pm

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