Global InformationPlatypus quercivorus information
| Platypus quercivorus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Genus: | Platypus |
| Species: | P. quercivorus
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| Binomial name | |
| Platypus quercivorus Murayama, 1925[1]
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Platypus quercivorus, the oak ambrosia beetle, is a species of weevil and pest of broad-leaved trees.[2] This species is most commonly known for vectoring the fungus responsible for excessive oak dieback in Japan since the 1980s.[3] It is found in Japan, India, Indonesia, New Guinea, and Taiwan.
- ^ Sone, K., Mori, T., Ide, M. (1998). Life history of the oak borer, Platypus quercivorus (Murayama) (Coleoptera : Platypodidae). Applied Entomology and Zoology 33: 67-75.
- ^ Sone, K., Mori, T., Ide, M. (1998). Life history of the oak borer, Platypus quercivorus (Murayama) (Coleoptera : Platypodidae). Applied Entomology and Zoology 33: 67-75.
- ^ Kamata, N., Esaki, K., Kato, K., Igeta, Y., Wada, K. (2002). Potential impact of global warming on deciduous oak dieback caused by ambrosia fungus Raffaelea sp carried by ambrosia beetle Platypus quercivorus (Coleoptera : Platypodidae) in Japan. Bulletin of Entomological Research 92: 119-126.