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Euwallacea similis (Ferrari), a new ambrosia beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) for the Iberian Peninsula, and new records on Euwallacea fornicatus (Eichhoff), Xyleborus bispinatus Eichhoff and Amasa parviseta Knížek & Smith
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- 1. Department of Ecology, University of Alicante, 03690 Alicante, Spain.
- 2. Plant Pathologist and Consulting Arborist, 17320 Tossa de Mar (Girona), Spain.
- 3. Department of Zoology and Physical Anthropology, University of Murcia, 30100 Campus Espinardo, Spain.
- 4. Laboratori de Sanitat Forestal, CIEF, VAERSA, Conselleria de Agricultura, Generalitat Valenciana, Av. Comarques del País Valencià 114, 46930 Quart de Poblet (València), Spain.
- 5. Asesoría Técnica Departamento Sanidad Vegetal, Consejería de Agricultura, Pesca, Agua y Desarrollo Rural, Junta de Andalucía, Av. Joaquina Eguaras 2, 18013 (Granada), Spain.
- 6. Centro de Investigación de Colecciones Científicas (CECOUAL), Universidad de Almería. Edf. CITE V, Ctra. Sacramento, s/n. 04120 La Cañada (Almería), Spain.
- 7. Laboratorio de Producción y Sanidad Vegetal de Almería.Agencia de Gestión Agraria y Pesquera de Andalucía.Consejería de Agricultura, Pesca, Agua y Desarrollo Rural. Junta de Andalucía, Autovía del Mediterráneo, salida 420, 04745, La Mojonera (Almería), Spain.
- 8. Department of Forest Protection Service, Forestry and Game Management Research Institute, Strnady 136, 252 02 Jíloviště, Czechia.
- 9. Texas A&M Forest Service, Austin, Texas, USA.
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Gallego, Diego, Dios, Miguel Ángel Gómez De, Riba-Flinch, Josep Maria, García-Reina, Andrés, Galián, José, Mas, Hugo, Lencina, José Luis, Zafra, María, Henares, Ignacio, Rodríguez, Francisco, Alcázar, María Dolóres, Knížek, Miloš, Gómez, Demian F. (2025): Euwallacea similis (Ferrari), a new ambrosia beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) for the Iberian Peninsula, and new records on Euwallacea fornicatus (Eichhoff), Xyleborus bispinatus Eichhoff and Amasa parviseta Knížek & Smith. Zootaxa 5673 (1): 63-78, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5673.1.4, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5673.1.4
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