North American Xyleborini north of Mexico: a review and key to genera and species (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae)
Author
Gomez, Demian F.
Author
Rabaglia, Robert J.
Author
Fairbanks, Katherine E. O.
Author
Hulcr, Jiri
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ZooKeys
2018
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.768.24697
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.768.24697
1313-2970-768-19
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Xyleborus glabratus Eichhoff, 1877
Fig. 16
Type
material.
Syntype female; Japan. IRSNB.
Distribution.
Asia; North America (introduced): United States: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina.
Notes.
In the US,
X. glabratus
was first detected in a survey trap near Port Wentworth, Georgia in 2002 (
Rabaglia et al. 2006
). The ambrosia fungus vectored by this species is responsible for the death of 300 million bay trees (
Persea
spp.) and other
Lauraceae
in the southeastern United States (
Hughes et al. 2017
). This species is distinguished by the dark color and the glabrous elytral disc and declivity with small granules in all interstriae decreasing in size toward apex.