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Genus Trypophloeus

Trypophloeus striatulus - Trypophloeus nitidus Trypophloeus striatulus - Trypophloeus nitidus
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 Tryopophloeini
Genus Trypophloeus
Explanation of Names
Trypophloeus Fairmaire 1868
Numbers
4 spp. in our area(1), 15 total(2)
Size
1.5–2.1 mm(3)
Range
holarctic, incl. boreal & w. NA(4)(3)
Habitat
in the bark of thin-barked limbs and boles of Alnus, Salix, & Populus(4)
Internet References
Works Cited
1.Atkinson T.H. (200_‒2023) Bark and ambrosia beetles of the Americas
2.Revision of the Bark Beetle Genera Within the Former Cryphalini (Curculionidae: Scolytinae)
Andrew J Johnson, Jiri Hulcr, Miloš Knížek, Thomas H Atkinson, Michail Yu Mandelshtam, Sarah M Smith, Anthony I Cognato, ... 2020. Insect Systematics and Diversity, Volume 4, Issue 3.
3.Mercado J.E. (2011) Bark beetle genera of the United States
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.