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Species Dendroctonus valens - Red Turpentine Beetle

Red Turpentine Beetle - Dendroctonus valens

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Curculionoidea (Snout and Bark Beetles)

Family Curculionidae (Snout and Bark Beetles)

Subfamily Scolytinae (Bark and Ambrosia Beetles)

Tribe Hylesinini

Subtribe Tomicina

Genus Dendroctonus

Species valens (Red Turpentine Beetle)

Contributed by tom murray on 7 July, 2007 - 7:17pm

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