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Genus Dendroctonus

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

Explanation of Names

From Greek dendron (δενδρον)- "tree" + ktonos (κτονος)- "murder", thus: "tree-killer"

Numbers

13 spp. north of Mexico(1)

Range

Across the continent(1)

Food

Breed on boles of conifers; sometimes kill healthy trees(1)

Remarks

Includes a number of economically important pests

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 tom murray on 7 May, 2006 - 2:36pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, v belov
Last updated 25 December, 2009 - 8:43pm

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