Hypothenemus birmanus (Eichhoff)

Beaver, R. A. & Liu, L. Y., 2010, An annotated synopsis of Taiwanese bark and ambrosia beetles, with new synonymy, new combinations and new records (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), Zootaxa 2602, pp. 1-47 : 9

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scientific name

Hypothenemus birmanus (Eichhoff)
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14. Hypothenemus birmanus (Eichhoff) View in CoL *

Triarmocerus birmanus Eichhoff, 1878a: 384 View in CoL .

Distribution: Almost tropicopolitan, except for South America ( Wood 2007). New to Taiwan. [6]

New records: More than 50 specimens from the following counties: Chiayi, Hsinchu, Kaohsiung, Kinmen, Nantou, Taipei, Taichung, Taitung .

Hosts: Attacks the twigs and small branches of a wide variety of angiosperm trees and shrubs ( Browne 1961; Wood & Bright 1992).

Biology: The biology is briefly described by Browne (1961) and Beaver (1976). The species is known to attack stressed young trees, and may kill saplings and seedling transplants ( Browne 1961, 1968; Beaver 1976).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

Genus

Hypothenemus

Loc

Hypothenemus birmanus (Eichhoff)

Beaver, R. A. & Liu, L. Y. 2010
2010
Loc

Triarmocerus birmanus

Eichhoff, W. J. 1878: 384
1878
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