Dear Dr. Hugh Harries,
  The vector of red ring disease caused by nematode, Bursaphelenchus cocophilus, is Palm weevil, Rhynchophorus palmarum. This species is known to occur in this region for a long time. However, the report from Willemstad, Curacao is about Red Palm Weevil, Rhynchophorus ferriguneus.  The RPW is not implicated in transimission of nematode diseases.  The picture posted in the Willemstad report appears to be that of RPW. Hence, it should be considered as the appearance of a new species in that region.

Vidyasagar, PSPV

--- In RPWgroup@yahoogroups.com, "Hugh Harries" <harrieshc@...> wrote:
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> Khalid
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> The article is reporting palm weevil in Curacao but it has been in the
> Caribbean since the 1960s - in Trinidad, where it is implicated in the
> spread of the nematode that causes red ring of coconut.
>
> Hugh
> Coconut Time Line http://cocos.arecaceae.com/
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> --- In RPWgroup@yahoogroups.com, "Khalid" alhudaib2002@ wrote:
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> > Dear Members:
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> > RPW in Caribbeanş, for more information please go to
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> > http://www.redpalmweevil.com/newlook/RPWReport/Caribbean.htm
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> > Regard
> >
> > Dr. Khalid Alhudaib
> >
>