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  HETEROBOSTRYCHUS HAMATIPENNIS Lesne (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae: Bostrichinae) DETECTION IN SPAIN


In September 2007 the bostrychid Heterobostrychus hamatipennis was detected in a fibre sample from a palm tree highly affected from a private garden. It is a polyphagous and xylophagous species of Asian origin, that both on adult stage and as a larvae, feeds on dry wood from standing trees and/or fallen trees from different species among them willows, bamboos, and other woody species with a high starch content in their sapwood. The plant was removed and burned before a monitoring of the evolution of damages could be performed. At present, the species is not established because this constituted an isolated detection.



In Europe, the only reference reported so far was its detection in Belgium (EPPO Reporting Service, 2005) on Salix sp. material imported from China in October 2004.



Imago, lateral view
Imago, lateral view
Imago, dorsal view
Imago, dorsal view
Imago, Detail of head and pronotum
Imago, Detail of head and pronotum