Subfamily Scolytinae - Bark and Ambrosia Beetles

Classification · Other Common Names · Remarks · Works Cited

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)

Other Common Names

Engraver Beetles

Remarks

Was traditionally considered a separate family.

Two tribes:

Hylesinini - anterior margins of elytra procurved, pronotum unarmed, head visible from above.(1)

Scolytini - anterior margins of elytra forming a straight line across body, pronotum in most, armed with granules or asperities on at least anterior third, head concealed from above.(1)

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 30 March, 2005 - 6:52am
Additional contributions by Tim Moyer
Last updated 9 March, 2009 - 10:20pm

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