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Subfamily Scolytinae - Bark and Ambrosia Beetles
Classification Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Curculionoidea
Family Curculionidae (Snout and Bark Beetles)
Subfamily Scolytinae (Bark and Ambrosia Beetles)
Other Common Names Engraver Beetles
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes used to be treated as a separate family, Scolytidae (=Ipidae); all the subtribes used in the guide (except Corthylina & Pityophthorina) are treated as tribes in (1)(2)
Explanation of Names Scolytinae Latreille 1804
Numbers ~578 spp. in >100 genera in our area (3), ~6000 spp. in almost 250 genera worldwide arranged into ~30 [sub]tribes (1)(4)(2)
Identification most comprehensive treatment of NA fauna in (5) (outdated but still essential)
database of all North American species with images, distribution and host data (3)
illustrated key to NA Genera (6)
lucid keys: US genera (7), LA spp. (8),
regional keys to spp.: Canada (9), Northeastern US (10), CA (11), KS (12)
Remarks invasive spp. discussed in (13)(14)
fungi, mites, and nematodes vectored by nonindigenous bark- or wood-boring beetles established in Canada listed in (15)
Works Cited 2. | Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta) Bouchard P, Bousquet Y, Davies A, Alonso-Zarazaga M, Lawrence JF, Lyal CH, Newton A, Reid CA, Schmitt M, Ślipiński SA, Smith A. 2011. ZooKeys 88: 1–972. | |
6. | Key to the Genera of North American Scolytinae LaBonte, J. R. 2019. Oregon Department of Agriculture. | |
10. | The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2. Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL. | |
12. | Guide to the bark and ambrosia beetles of Kansas Salsbury G.A. 2004. Kansas Dept. Agric., Topeka KS. 26 pp. | |
14. | Exotic bark and ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in the United States: potential and current invaders Haack R.A., Rabaglia R.J. 2013. In: Potential invasive pests of agricultural crops. Peña J.E., ed. CABI International, Wallingford, UK, pp. 48‒74. | |
15. | Forest biosecurity: alien invasive species and vectored organisms Humble L.M., Allen E.A. 2006. Can. J. Plant Pathol. 28: S256–S269. | |
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