01825nas a2200229   4500008004100000020001400041245006200055210005800117260000900175300001000184490000700194520117800201653001701379100001601396700001701412700001701429700001401446700001801460700001901478700001901497856007901516       2009                        eng d  a1488-838600aThe importance of taxonomy in responses to invasive alien0 aimportance of taxonomy in responses to invasive alien  c2009  a92-990 v103 aInvasive alien species (IAS) cause major economic losses and threaten biodiversity worldwide. Tar information is essential to initiating defence against IAS, including early detection and identification of new IAS ou We demonstrate how current IAS strategies (i.e. prevention of new invasions, early detection and rapid response invaders and management of established invaders) require strong taxonomic infrastructure. Examples are given from ti molluscs (Gastropoda) and insects such as the Gypsy Moth, Lymantria dispar Linnaeus (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae), vector flies of the families Culicidae and Calliphoridae (Diptera,), Sirex noctihb (Fabricius) (Hymenoptera: Siricidae) woo and Dendroctonus bark beetles and the cabbage seedpod weevil, Ceutorhynchus obstrictus (Marsham) (Col( Curculionidae), that demonstrate the role of taxonomy in AS response. Further, we show through the example of the ! Ash Borer, Agri/us planipennis Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), how international co-operation is essential to idea outbreaks of IAS. Such international co-operation is especially important because few countries can fund comprehens identification organizations alone.10aDendroctonus1 aDouglas, H.1 aDang, P., T.1 aGill, B., D.1 aHuber, J.1 aMason, P., G.1 aParker, D., J.1 aSinclair, B.J.  uhttps://weevil.myspecies.info/importance-taxonomy-responses-invasive-alien