Kauaʻi record · KCA-IA-00095
Kauaʻi Annectant Long-horned Beetle
Plagithmysus annectans
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About Kauaʻi Annectant Long-horned Beetle
The Hawaiian cerambycid literature uses Plagithmysus annectens for the Kauaʻi koa-associated beetle; the federal source imported into this record uses the spelling annectans.
Host association and name reconciliation
The Hawaiian cerambycid literature uses Plagithmysus annectens for the Kauaʻi koa-associated beetle; the federal source imported into this record uses the spelling annectans. The host synthesis associates annectens with Acacia koa. As with other wood-boring longhorn beetles, the relevant host relationship concerns immature development in plant tissue, not a requirement that every adult be found on the host. The spelling difference is preserved here for traceability rather than treated as evidence of two separate species.
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.
Evidence limits
The cited observations describe the evidence currently available for this account. They do not establish a complete life history or a measured current Kauaʻi population trend.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Plagithmysus annectans
- Common names
- Kauaʻi Annectant 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
- The Hawaiian cerambycid literature uses Plagithmysus annectens for the Kauaʻi koa-associated beetle; the federal source imported into this record uses the spelling annectans.