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NEWLY DETECTED EXOTIC SPECIES OF XYLEBORUS (COLEOPTERA: SCOLYTIDAE) WITH A REVISED KEY TO SPECIES IN EASTERN NORTH AMERICA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Thomas H. Atkinson
Affiliation:
Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida, 1600 SW 23rd Drive, 0540-IFAS, Gainesville, Florida, USA 32611-0540
Robert J. Rabaglia
Affiliation:
Maryland Department of Agriculture, 50 Harry S. Truman Parkway, Annapolis, Maryland, USA 21401
Donald E. Bright
Affiliation:
Biosystematics Research Centre, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0C6

Abstract

Two exotic species of Xyleborus (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) of Asian origin have recently been detected in the United States. Xyleborus pelliculosus Eichhoff has been collected in Pennsylvania and Maryland, and X. atratus Eichhoff from Tennessee, Georgia, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. Descriptions of both species and a revised, illustrated key to members of the genus Xyleborus in eastern North America are presented. An explanation is proposed for the large numbers of recent introductions of exotic ambrosia beetles from eastern Asia into eastern North America.

Résumé

Deux espèces exotiques de Xyleborus (Coleoptera : Scolytidae) d’origine asiatique ont récemment été détectées aux États-Unis. Xyleborus pelliculosus Eichhoff a été capturée en Pennsylvanie et au Maryland, et X. atratus Eichhoff au Tennessee, en Georgie, au Maryland, en Virginie et en Virginie occidentale. Nous décrivons ici ces deux espèces et nous présentons une clé révisée et illustrée des membres du genre Xyleborus dans l’est de l’Amérique de Nord. Nous proposons une explication pour le grand nombre d’introductions récentes dans l’est de l’Amérique du Nord de scolytes du bois exotiques provenant de l’est de l’Asie.

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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1990

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