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Longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) community composition around different boreal infrastructures

Authors: Noor SDespland EMontoro Girona MWork T


Affiliations

1 Department of Biology, Concordia University, Montreal, H4B 1R2, QC, Canada. Electronic address: sabina.noor@concordia.ca.
2 Department of Biology, Concordia University, Montreal, H4B 1R2, QC, Canada. Electronic address: emma.despland@concordia.ca.
3 Ecological Research Group in MRC Abitibi (GREMA), Institute for Forest, Université Du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, J9T 2L8, QC, Canada; Universidad de Huelva, Dr. Cantero Cuadrado 6, Huelva, 21004, Spain. Electronic address: Miguel.Montoro@uqat.ca.
4 Département des Sciences Biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, H2X 1Y4, QC, Canada. Electronic address: work.timothy@uqam.ca.

Description

Wood processing, mining, and recreational infrastructures facilitate the transport and establishment of woodboring insects. Longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) are woodborers that typically develop in stressed or dead trees and are inadvertently transported in wood products, creating opportunities for exotic species to invade and expand their range around infrastructures. To understand how these infrastructures influence longhorn diversity, abundance, and potential invasions, we sampled longhorn beetles in 2021 and 2022 from 11 sawmills, 10 mines, 11 campgrounds, and 12 control (unmanaged) forest sites throughout northwestern Quebec (Canada) using broadly attractive blends of pheromone and host volatiles to assess infrastructure-related shifts in community composition compared to undisturbed forest stands. The most abundant species observed across all infrastructures was Monochamus scutellatus scutellatus Say, comprising over 60 % of the total individuals collected, followed by Monochamus mutator LeConte (17 %) and Tetropium cinnamopterum Kirby (7 %). We did not record any exotic species; this absence may reflect community-level resistance from diverse native longhorn assemblages. Sawmill sites had the highest diversity and evenness and showed increased abundance of several common native species. However, longhorn communities varied more with forest composition than infrastructure type. NMDS distinguished longhorns linked to balsam fir from those associated with Jack pine, like M. mutator and Rhagium inquisitor Linnaeus, and separated beetles in white spruce and pine, such as Tetropium cinnamopterum Kirby and T. schwarzianum Casey, from those in early-succession hardwoods. Increased abundance of longhorns near sawmills came from diverse forest types. We do not find evidence for increased invasion risk near infrastructures, but ongoing surveillance remains crucial.


Keywords: Boreal forestsCampgroundsMinesMonochamusSawmillsTetropiumWoodborers


Links

PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41638151/

DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.128791