EPPO Global Database

Platypus quercivorus(PLTPQU)

Distribution details in Japan

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2020: Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2007/070) : vector of Raffaelea quercivora which causes mass mortality of oaks (in Japan only, in Honshu and Kyushu).

Ozaki et al (2021): also in Hokkaido but no wilting Q. crispula trees were found during this study.
References
* Kinuura H, Kobayashi M (2006) Death of Quercus crispula by inoculation with adult Platypus quercivorus (Coleoptera: Platypodidae). Applied Entomology and Zoology 41(1), 123-128. http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/aez/41/1/123/_pdf

* Kobayashi M, Ueda A (2002) Preliminary study of mate choice in Platypus quercivorus (Murayama) (Coleoptera: Platypodidae). Applied Entomology and Zoology 37(3), 451-457.

* Kobayashi M, Ueda A (2005) [Wilt disease of Fagaceae trees caused by Platypus quercivorus (Murayama) (Coleoptera: Platypodidae) and the associated fungus: aim is to clarify the damage factor.] Journal of the Japanese Forest Society 87(5), 435-450. (abst.)

* Kuroda K (2001) Responses of Quercus sapwood to infection with the pathogenic fungus of a new wilt disease vectored by the ambrosia beetle Platypus quercivorus. Journal of Wood Science 47, 425-429. http://www.2006.botanyconference.org/engine/search/index.php?func=detail&aid=139&GetID=8

* Kusumoto D, Masuya H, Hirao T, Goto H, Hamaguchi K, Chou W-I, Suasa-ard W, Buranapanichpan S, Uraichuen S, Kern-asa O, Sanguansub S, Panmongkol A, Quang TP, Kahono S, Julistiono H, Kamata N (2014) Discoloration induced by Raffaelea quercivora isolates in Quercus serrata logs and its relation to phylogeny: a comparison among isolates with and without the Japanese oak wilt incidence including outside of Japan. Journal of Forest Research 19(4), 404-410.

* Ozaki K, Ueda A, Tokuda S, Wada H, Kitajima H (2020) First report of an ambrosia beetle, Platypus quercivorus, vector of Japanese oak wilt, in Hokkaido, northern Japan, Journal of Forest Research, https://dpo.org/10.1080/13416979.2020.1860453