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Genus Scolytus

Tiny C-shaped larvae mature - Scolytus multistriatus Bark beetle - Scolytus multistriatus - male Scolytus quadrispinosus Scolytinae - Scolytus rugulosus Bark Beetle - Scolytus muticus Unknown July 20 - Scolytus multistriatus Scolytus species - Scolytus Scolytus sp.? - Scolytus schevyrewi
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 Scolytini
Genus Scolytus
Explanation of Names
Scolytus Geoffroy 1762
Numbers
25 spp. (of which 4 adventive) in our area, 127 total(1)
Size
1.5–5.2 mm(2)
Identification
Revision of Nearctic fauna in (1) • Key to eastern species in (3)
Range
Most of the Northern Hemisphere (incl. the entire NA) and S. America(2)(4)
Food
Phloeophagous (feed on phloem)(4)
Life Cycle
Native spp. in conifers, introduced spp. in hardwoods(4)
Internet References
Genus page(2)
S. ventralis (Fir Engraver Beetle) Fact sheet (Christopherson 2013)(5)
Works Cited
1.A taxonomic monograph of Nearctic Scolytus Geoffroy (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae)
Smith, Sarah M. & Cognato, Anthony I. 2014. ZooKeys.
2.Mercado J.E. (2011) Bark beetle genera of the United States
3.Notes on Scolytus fagi Walsh 1867 with the designation of a neotype, distribution notes and a key to Scolytus ...
Smith, S.M. and A.L. Cognato. 2010. Zookeys 56: 35-43.
4.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.
5.Forest Health Program - Nevada Division of Forestry
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 11 May, 2006 - 3:43pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov, onegunah, mfdigiro
Last updated 29 October, 2023 - 7:58pm

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