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The presence of the xylophage beetle Oryctomorphus bimaculatus is recorded for the first time in a specimen of Platanus orientalis, whose age exceeded 80 years old at end of the spring of 2015 in Talca city, Chile. Several stages of the beetle were found next to a group of saprophytic fungi. The tree was revised with traditional elements and with non-destructive instruments to evaluate the amount of damage. The presence of these agents was not found in other trees in the vicinity

Vallejos-Barra, O., Vidal Paiva, C., Ponce-Donoso, M., & Mendoza Álvarez, M. (2019). Detection of Oryctomorphus bimaculatus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) in Platanus orientalis, Talca, Chile. Revista Colombiana De Entomología, 45(1), e7816. https://doi.org/10.25100/socolen.v45i1.7816