Kauaʻi record · KCA-IA-00094
Kauaʻi ʻAhakea Long-horned Beetle
Plagithmysus permundus
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About Kauaʻi ʻAhakea Long-horned Beetle
Kauaʻi ʻAhakea Long-horned Beetle (Plagithmysus permundus) belongs to Cerambycidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic.
Host and substrate records
Listed by Swezey under Bobea, the ʻahakea trees. The host association concerns the historical record.
Kauaʻi occurrence and evidence
Atlas occurrence category: Present. The Kauaʻi record is classified as “Present”. Its cited evidence source is U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service / Hawaiʻi DLNR. Kauaʻi-specific conservation taxon retained even if absent from the surfaced modern observation tranche.
Account coverage
Published species details have been added. A complete Kauaʻi-specific account of identification, habitat, feeding, reproduction, and population trend is not yet established by the sources linked here.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Plagithmysus permundus
- Common names
- Kauaʻi ʻAhakea Long-horned Beetle
- Family
- Cerambycidae
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Present
- Origin
- Endemic
- Conservation status
- Species of Concern
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- Kauaʻi ʻAhakea Long-horned Beetle (Plagithmysus permundus) belongs to Cerambycidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic.