''Monochamus subfasciatus'' is a species of

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in the family

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. It was described by

Henry Walter Bates Henry Walter Bates (8 February 1825, in Leicester – 16 February 1892, in London) was an English naturalist and explorer who gave the first scientific account of mimicry in animals. He was most famous for his expedition to the rainforests ...

in 1873. It is recorded from Japan where it infests

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and is a

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of the nematode '' Bursaphelenchus doui''.

Subspecies

* ''Monochamus subfasciatus kumageinsularis'' Hayashi, 1962 * ''Monochamus subfasciatus meridianus'' Hayashi, 1955 * ''Monochamus subfasciatus shikokuensis'' Breuning, 1956 * ''Monochamus subfasciatus subfasciatus'' (Bates, 1873)

References

subfasciatus Beetles described in 1873 {{Monochamus-stub