Scolytus schevyrewi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Curculionidae
Genus:	Scolytus
Species:	S. schevyrewi
Binomial name
Scolytus schevyrewi (Semenov-Tian-Shanskij, 1902)[1]
Synonyms
Scolytus schevyrevi Semenov-Tian-Shanskij, 1902 Scolytus seulensis Murayama, 1930 Scolytus sinensis Eggers, 1910 Scolytus laevifrons Michalski, 1964 Eccoptogaster emarginatus Wichmann 1915 Eccoptogaster frankei Wichmann, 1915 Eccoptogaster transcaspicus Eggers, 1922

Scolytus schevyrewi, the banded elm bark beetle, is a 3–4 mm long elm bark beetle species in the genus Scolytus native from Asia and accidentally introduced to North America.^[2] It is a vector of the Dutch elm disease, caused by the Ascomycota Ophiostoma ulmi and Ophiostoma novo-ulmi. In North America, it is displacing both the native elm bark beetle and the previously introduced smaller European elm bark beetle, which are becoming less common in their range with the expansion of S. schevyrewi.^[3]

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