Monochamus alternatus

TaxID: 192382

Basic Information

Monochamus alternatus

Japanese Pine Sawyer, Japanese pine sawyer, Japanse geelschildboktor

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. It feeds on Pinus banksiana, Abies firma, Pinus armandii, Pinus massoniana, Pinus yunnanensis, and Pinus densiflora. It serves as a vector for the nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Coleoptera

Cerambycidae

Monochamus

alternatus

unclassified

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Morphological Features

Body length 18–21 mm, maximum width 6–7.5 mm. General body shape elongate, moderately convex. Overall coloration not specified in the evidence. Head, eyes, antennae, mouthparts, pronotum, elytra, legs, abdomen, surface sculpture, punctation, pubescence, scales, and color markings are not described in the supplied evidence.

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

Host Plants (37 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

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Quarantine Status (20 records)

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

Country Status Year Added
Armenia Absent —
Azerbaijan A1 list 2024
Bahrain Quarantine pests 2003
Belarus Absent —
Canada Quarantine pests 2019
Cuba Absent —
EPPO A1 Absent —
Georgia Absent 2018
Croatia Quarantine pests —
Iran Absent 2018
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Distribution (18 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

10
Present
8
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Belgium Absent —
Canada Present —
China Present
China Absent
Germany Absent —
Denmark Absent —
Hong Kong, China Present —
Japan Present
Republic of Korea Present —
Lao People's Democratic Republic Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (2 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCA_037114965.1 Chromosome 789 55988 86209 -
GCA_035320865.1 Chromosome - - - - -

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR26413887 individual - - 25123747 China:Fujian,Yanping
SRR26413886 individual - - 23090336 China:Fujian,Yanping
SRR28248695 larva - - 22204718 China: Zhejiang

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature