Hylurgus ligniperda

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Superfamilia: Curculionoidea

Familia: Curculionidae
Subfamilia: Scolytinae
Tribus: Hylurgini
Genus: Hylurgus
Species: Hylurgus ligniperda
Name

Hylurgus ligniperda (Fabricius, 1787)
Synonyms

Bostrichus ligniperda Fabricius, 1787
Hylurgus ligniperda (Fabricius, 1787)

References

Fabricius, J.C. 1787. Mantissa insectorum, sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus genericis, differentiis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus. Vol. 1: 348 pp. Christ. Gottl. Proft, Hafniae. BHL Reference page.
Brockerhoff, E.G.; Knížek, M.; Bain, J. 2003: Checklist of indigenous and adventive bark and ambrosia beetles (Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae) of New Zealand and interceptions of exotic species (1952-2000). New Zealand entomologist, 26: 29–44.
Brownbridge, M.; Reay, S.D.; Cummings, N.J. 2010: Association of entomopathogenic fungi with exotic bark beetles in New Zealand pine plantations. Mycopathologia, 169: 75–80. ISSN: 0301-486X (Print) 1573-0832 (Online) DOI: 10.1007/s11046-009-9229-1

Kuschel, G. 1990. Beetles in a suburban environment: A New Zealand case study. The identity and status of Coleoptera in the natural and modified habitats of Lynfield, Auckland (1974–1989). DSIR Plant Protection report, 3. 119 pp. ISBN 0-477-02596-X PDF. Reference page. [cited as Hylurgus ligniperda (Fabricius, 1792)]
Macfarlane, R.P., Maddison, P.A., Andrew, I.G., Berry, J.A., Johns, P.M., Hoare, R.J.B., Larivière, M.-C., Greenslade, P., Henderson, R.C., Smithers, C.N., Palma, R.L., Ward, J.B., Pilgrim, R.L.C., Towns, D.R., McLellan, I., Teulon, D.A.J., Hitchings, T.R., Eastop, V.F., Martin, N.A., Fletcher, M.J., Stufkens, M.A.W., Dale, P.J., Burckhardt, D., Buckley, T.R. & Trewick, S.A. 2010. Phylum Arthropoda subphylum Hexapoda: Protura, springtails, Diplura, and insects. Pp. 233–467 in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) 2010. New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. Reference page. PDF. Reference page.
Pawson, S.M.; Watt, M.S.; Brockerhoff, E.G. 2009: Using differential responses to light spectra as a monitoring and control tool for Arhopalus ferus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) and other exotic wood-boring pests. Journal of economic entomology, 102: 79–85. DOI: 10.1603/029.102.0112
Zondag, R. 1979: Breeding of the clerid Thanasimus formicarius for the control of the bark beetles Hylastes ater and Hylurgus ligniperda in New Zealand. New Zealand journal of forestry science, 9: 125–132. ISSN: 0048-0134

links to images

adult (dorsal)
adult (lateral)

Vernacular names
English: goldenhaired bark beetle