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Issue: Vol. 5403 No. 3: 22 Jan. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-01-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5403.3.8
Page range: 385-390
Abstract views: 310
PDF downloaded: 188

A new widely distributed invasive alien species of Amasa ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Xyleborini)

Department of Forest Protection Service; Forestry and Game Management Research Institute; Jíloviště – Strnady; Czechia
Department of Entomology; Michigan State University; 288 Farm Lane; 243 Natural Science Bldg.; East Lansing; MI 48824; USA
Coleoptera ambrosia beetles new species Eucalyptus

Abstract

Amasa parviseta Knížek & Smith, new species is described from Australia, Brazil, Uruguay, France and Spain. The species is native to Australia and appears to have spread widely in association with introduced Eucalyptus species.

 

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