Pinewood-nematode-vector
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Monochamus maculosus
spotted pine sawyer
Monochamus maculosus, the spotted pine sawyer, is a longhorned beetle native to North America. It was formerly known as Monochamus mutator. Adults are attracted to monochamol, a sex-aggregation pheromone produced by males. The species breeds in stressed or recently dead conifers, with larvae tunneling in phloem and sapwood. It is a primary vector of the pinewood nematode, the causal agent of pine wilt disease.
Pogonocherus
flat-faced longhorn beetles
Pogonocherus is a genus of flat-faced longhorn beetles in the family Cerambycidae, established by Dejean in 1821. Species in this genus are wood-boring cerambycids associated with coniferous hosts, particularly pines. At least one species, P. perroudi, has been identified as a potential vector of pinewood nematode (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus), the causal agent of pine wilt disease. The genus contains approximately 30 described species distributed across the Northern Hemisphere.