Monochamus alternatus

Monochamus alternatus, the Japanese pine sawyer, is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Frederick William Hope in 1842. It is known from Hong Kong, Vietnam, Laos, North Korea, South Korea, Japan, China, and Taiwan.[1] It feeds on Pinus banksiana, Abies firma, Pinus armandii, Pinus massoniana, and Pinus densiflora. It serves as a vector for the nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus.[2]

Monochamus alternatus
An adult Japanese pine sawyer
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cerambycidae
Subfamily: Lamiinae
Genus: Monochamus
Species:
M. alternatus
Binomial name
Monochamus alternatus
Hope, 1842
Synonyms
  • Monochamus tesserula Bates, 1873
  • Monohammus alternatus Hope, 1843

Subspecies

  • Monochamus alternatus alternatus (Hope, 1843)
  • Monochamus alternatus endai Makihara, 2004

References

  1. EPPO (4 May 2018). "Monochamus alternatus(MONCAL)". EPPO.
  2. BioLib.cz - Monochamus. Retrieved on 8 September 2014.


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