Xylosandrus crassiusculus

TaxID: 124033

Basic Information

Xylosandrus crassiusculus

Granulate Ambrosia Beetle, Granulate ambrosia beetle

Xylosandrus crassiusculus, known generally as the Asian ambrosia beetle or granulate ambrosia beetle, is a species of tropical bark beetle in the family Curculionidae. It is native to Asia and has spread to Africa, Europe, Australasia and the Americas. The adult beetle is reddish-brown and some 2 to 3 mm (0.08 to 0.12 in) long.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Coleoptera

Curculionidae

Xylosandrus

crassiusculus

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Xylosandrus crassiusculus
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(c) Stephen Thorpe@BY-NC
Xylosandrus crassiusculus
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(c) Stephen Thorpe@BY-NC
Xylosandrus crassiusculus
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(c) Jeff Eickwort@BY-NC
Xylosandrus crassiusculus
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(c) Mike Quinn@BY-NC
Xylosandrus crassiusculus
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(c) Jeff Eickwort@BY-NC

Morphological Features

Female: body length 2.2–2.5 mm. Frons weakly convex with a distinct median line, surface coarsely granulate, with a few distinct carinulae on either side of median line converging towards epistomal margin; vestiture of long, sparse hairs on frons, denser on epistomal margin. Antennal club obliquely truncate on anterior face (type 1). Pronotum as long as wide, rounded from dorsal view and basic from lateral view. Elytra 1.25× as long as pronotum, 1.30× as long as wide; declivity somewhat convex, gradually sloping, feebly elevated towards sutural apex, dull, with dense long setae and dense, scattered granules; vestiture of small fine hairs and uniseriate rows of long stout setae.

Source: GBIF Life Stage: Adult Source Type: Taxonomic treatment
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Plazi taxonomic treatment

Host Plants (119 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

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Quarantine Status (9 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Chile Quarantine pests 2019
Haiti Quarantine pests —
Jamaica Quarantine pests —
Morocco Quarantine pest 2018
Nicaragua Absent —
Peru Absent —
Tunisia Quarantine pests 2012
Turkey Unknow 2016
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (68 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

64
Present
4
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Argentina Present —
American Samoa Present —
Australia Present
Belgium Absent —
Bangladesh Present —
Brazil Present
Bhutan Present —
Cambodia Present —
Canada Present —
Switzerland Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature