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Foreground, female longhorned beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis; background, larval galleries in cut trunk of Norway maple.
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... data portend that it would be only a matter of time when the next major exotic forest pest would find its way into the heart- land of North America and wreak ecological and economical havoc. A case in point is the recently discovered infestations by a highly destructive longhorned beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky) (Fig. 1), which have led to the removal and destruction of more than 6,000 infested street and park trees in two of America's greatest cities, New York and Chicago, and with a potential na- tional urban impact that is nearly unfath- omable ( Nowak et al. ...
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Anoplophora glabripennis (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) is a major quarantine pest in forestry. It is widely distributed throughout many regions such as Asia, Europe, and North America, and has enormous destructive potential for forests. The larvae of A. glabripennis overwinter in a dormant state with strong cold tolerance, and whether the l...
The Asian Longhorn Beetle (ALB), Anoplophora glabripennis (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), is an important and extremely polyphagous wood-boring beetle native to Asia. In the 1990s, ALB was accidentally introduced into North America and Europe. In 2009, a large ALB infestation was found in the Veneto Region (north-eastern Italy), in the municipality of...
The paper presents new and known data of the genus Anoplophora species (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) for Turkey. Accordingly, a total of three species as Anoplophora chinensis, Anoplophora glabripennis and Anoplophora malasiaca for subfamily Lamiinae are given in the text. Anoplophora malasiaca is a new record to Turkish fauna of invasive alien longho...
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... Hoebeke & Page, 2002). Konukçularının çoğu süs bitkisi yetiştiriciliği, ormancılık ve tarımsal endüstriler için ekonomik öneme sahip türlerdir. ...
... Wood-boring beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae, Buprestidae) are a good example of a taxonomically challenging group with a high economic and ecological impact. In recent decades, the globalization of world trade has increased the threat of invasive wood-boring pests (Liebhold et al. 1995;Haack 2001;Hoebeke and Page 2002;Loope and Howarth 2002;Vanhanen 2008). Wood-boring beetles spend most of their lives inside wood or under the bark and thus are difficult to detect and control. ...
The increasing threat of alien wood-boring insect has resulted in the initiation
of large-scale monitoring programmes. These programmes are most
often based on pheromone-bailed traps, which allow the early detection
and monitoring of invasive species. This approach is expensive because it
entails the processing and accurate identification of large numbers of specimens.
One of the most often suggested solutions to this problem is citizen
participation in the monitoring of invasive species. Such an approach has
the potential for reducing costs as well as providing data from a larger
number of sites. However, citizens vary in taxonomic expertise and experience
which can result in identification errors. This may be particularly
important in the case of wood borers which include many morphologically
similar species. In this study, we develop and discuss a semi-automated
method of identifying four morphologically similar and invasive
Tetropium spp. wood borers as a potential tool for citizen-based monitoring
programmes. Identification is based on wing measurements and requires
neither specialist knowledge nor expensive equipment. The method correctly
identified the species of Tetropium with an error ranging from 1.3%
for T. fuscum to 7.5% for T. cinnamopterum. We found that experience
level of the individual user was not essential for correct identification; on
average, inexperienced volunteers correctly identified the Tetropium species
in 93% of cases. Further development of this method may be a significant
step to overcoming the taxonomical impediment to citizen
monitoring of taxonomically challenging groups of insects.
... Insects, with their small body sizes, short generation times, and sheer numbers, would seem ideal for getting students to appreciate problems associated with an industrial and technological society. The aesthetic and practical aspects of insects can help bridge the gap between the humanities and science and engineering (Flannery 2002, Hoebeke andPage 2002). Fischang (1976) suggested that all educated persons should have a practical knowledge of insects. ...
Two invasive Palearctic rhyparochromids (Lygaeoidea: Rhyparochromidae) are recorded for the first time in North America. Raglius alboacuminatus Goeze is reported from California, Oregon, and northern Utah, and Rhyparochromus vulgaris (Schilling), from Oregon and Washington. Although not considered major agricultural pests, these invasive bugs have become serious nuisance pests, invading homes and commercial establishments in large numbers. Provided for each are a summary of the literature, notes on the biology and habitat, diagnosis, description, and photographs of the adult to help separate these nonindigenous bugs from other North American Rhyparochromidae. In addition, Xanthochilus saturnius (Rossi), a Palearctic species known in North America only from California, is reported for the first time from Oregon.
