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Species Xyleborinus artestriatus - Xyleborinus artestriatus 0

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 Xyleborinus
Species artestriatus (Xyleborinus artestriatus 0)
Explanation of Names
Xyleborinus artestriatus (Eichhoff 1878)
Size
2.35‒2.58 mm
Range
native to SE Asia, adventive in NA (GA TX)(1)
Print References
Cognato A.I., Rabaglia R.J., Vandenberg N.J. (2013) Another Asian ambrosia beetle, Xyleborinus artestriatus (Eichhoff 1878) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Xyleborini), newly detected in North America. Pan-Pac. Entomol. 89: 27‒31 (Abstract)
Internet References