Biology:Monochamus alternatus
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Short description: Species of beetle
| Monochamus alternatus | |
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| An adult Japanese pine sawyer | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Cerambycidae |
| Subfamily: | Lamiinae |
| Tribe: | Lamiini |
| Genus: | Monochamus |
| Species: | M. alternatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Monochamus alternatus Hope, 1842
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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]
Subspecies
- Monochamus alternatus alternatus (Hope, 1843)
- Monochamus alternatus endai Makihara, 2004
References
- ↑ EPPO (4 May 2018). "Monochamus alternatus(MONCAL)". EPPO. https://gd.eppo.int/taxon/MONCAL/distribution.
- ↑ BioLib.cz - Monochamus. Retrieved on 8 September 2014.
Wikidata ☰ Q15859794 entry
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