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Species Heteroborips seriatus

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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 Heteroborips
Species seriatus (Heteroborips seriatus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Current comb: Heteroborips seriatus (Blandford, 1894)
Xyleborus seriatus Blandford, 1894
Identification
Elytra with a pair of pit mycangia parallel to sides of scutellum(1) -- quite visible, although often filled with gunk:
Range
E Asia [ne. US: ME-PA]
Remarks
earliest record in our area: MA 2005(2)
Internet References
Works Cited
1.Resurrection of Heteroborips Reitter, 1913 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) from Synonymy with Xyleborus Eichhoff, 1864
Mandelshtam, M.Y. et al. 2019. The Coleopterists Bulletin.
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.
3.Atkinson T.H. (200_‒2023) Bark and ambrosia beetles of the Americas