Monochamus carolinensis
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Cerambycidae |
| Genus: | Monochamus |
| Species: | M. carolinensis |
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| Monochamus carolinensis (Olivier, 1792) | |
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Monochamus carolinensis, the Carolina pine sawyer, is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Guillaume-Antoine Olivier in 1792. It is known from Canada and the United States.[2]
The species resembles Monochamus titillator, distinguished by the having the apical margin of the elytra at a shallower angle to the elytral midline, and by the shape of the adjacent tiny tip of the elytra, which is typically more rounded in M. carolinensis than M. titillator.[3]: 77–81, plate IV The male antennae are shorter relative to the body in M. carolinensis than in M. titillator, being about twice the body length in males of the former species.[3]: 79–80 The larval stages may be difficult to distinguish.[3]: 62
Zhao et al. reported trapping M. carolinensis in Beijing, China in 2022.[4]
Monochamus carolinensis adults are active from May through at least September in the southeastern United States,[5] with 1 to 1.5 generations per year reported in North Carolina's Piedmont.[6] Females oviposit on dead, either standing or felled, pine trees, laying one to three eggs per niche excavated between outer bark and phloem.[6] Examples of host species include Pinus banksiana, Pinus sylvestris and Pinus echinata.[7] Adult beetles fly to feed on twigs of live pine trees; this is important due to the beetle's potential role as a vector of pine wilt disease.[4] Nematodes in their late larval stage enter into the tracheal pores of the teneral adult beetle and crawl off the posterior end of the beetle[8] into chewed wood during feeding or, more commonly, during oviposition.[9][10]
References
- ↑ Roguet, Jean-Phillippe (2026). "Monochamus carolinensis". Lamiinae of the World. Retrieved 4 August 2026.
- ↑ BioLib.cz - Monochamus carolinensis. Retrieved on 8 September 2014.
- 1 2 3 Dillon, Lawrence S.; Dillon, Elizabeth S. (1941). The Tribe Monochamini in the Western Hemisphere (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Scientific Publications No. 1. Reading, Pennsylvania: Reading Public Museum and Art Gallery. OCLC 4099916.
- 1 2 Zhao, Jiaqiang; Zou, Xvbing; Yuan, Fei; Luo, Youqing; Shi, Juan (2023). "Predicting the current and future distribution of Monochamus carolinensis (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) based on the maximum entropy model". Pest Management Science. 79 (12): 5393–5404. doi:10.1002/ps.7753.
- ↑ Alden, Peter; Cassie, Brian; Kahl, Jonathan D.W.; Nelson, Gil; Oches, Eric A.; Zirlin, Harry; Zomlefer, Wendy B. (1999). National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Southeastern States. Alfred A. Knopf. p. 213. ISBN 978-0-679-44683-5.
- 1 2 Alya, A.B.; Hain, F.P. (1985). "Life histories of Monochamus carolinensis and M. titillator (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in the Piedmont of North Carolina". Journal of Entomological Science. 20 (4): 390–397. doi:10.18474/0749-8004-20.4.390.
- ↑ Walsh, Kieron D.; Linit, Marc J. (1985). "Oviposition Biology of the Pine Sawyer, Monochamus carolinensis (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 78 (1): 81–85. doi:10.1093/aesa/78.1.81.
- ↑ Linit, Marc J. (1989). "Temporal Pattern of Pinewood Nematode Exit from the Insect Vector Monochamus carolinensis". Journal of Nematology. 21 (1): 105–107. PMC 2618906. PMID 19287583.
- ↑ Akbulut, Suleyman; Linit, Marc J. (1999). "Reproductive Potential of Monochamus carolinensis (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) with Respect to Pinewood Nematode Phoresis". Environmental Entomology. 28 (3): 407–411. doi:10.1093/ee/28.3.407.
- ↑ Edwards, Owain R.; Linit, Marc J. (1991). "Oviposition Behavior of Monochamus carolinensis (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Infested with the Pinewood Nematode". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 84 (3): 319–323. doi:10.1093/aesa/84.3.319.