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Genus Phloeotribus

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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)
Tribe Phloeotribini
Genus Phloeotribus
Explanation of Names
Phloeotribus Latreille 1804
Numbers
9 spp. in our area, ~110 total(1)
Size
1.2–4.0 mm(1)
Range
worldwide(1); in our area, 2 spp. in the west, 7 in the east (esp. se. US)(2)
Food
hosts: various trees/shrubs, both hardwoods & conifers(1)
Internet References
Genus page(1)
Works Cited
1.Mercado J.E. (2011) Bark beetle genera of the United States
2.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 11 October, 2007 - 6:06pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 8 July, 2022 - 1:10pm

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