Hylurgopinus rufipes

TaxID: 1220349

Basic Information

Hylurgopinus rufipes

Native Elm Bark Beetle

Hylurgopinus rufipes, the native elm bark beetle, is a species of elm bark beetles in the tribe Hylesinini (crenulate bark beetles). It is the only species in the genus Hylurgopinus. It is found in Canada and the United States. It is of particular importance as a vector of Dutch elm disease. It is brownish-red in color and its size ranges from 2.34 mm to 2.9 mm.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Coleoptera

Curculionidae

Hylurgopinus

rufipes

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Hylurgopinus rufipes
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(c) Eric M Powell@BY-NC
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(c) Tom Murray@BY-NC
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Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (2 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

Scientific Name Status
Ulmus Host
Ulmus americana Host

Quarantine Status (3 records)

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

Country Status Year Added
China Quarantine pests 2021
Republic of Korea Quarantine pests —
Turkey Unknow 2016

Distribution (2 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

2
Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Canada Present
United States of America Present

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.

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