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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Bark and Ambrosia Beetles (Scolytinae) » Xyleborini » Cnestus

Genus Cnestus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
Dollywood scolytid B - Cnestus mutilatus Dollywood scolytid B - Cnestus mutilatus Gasohol loving beetle - damage - Cnestus mutilatus Cnestus mutilatus Cnestus mutilatus Camphor Shoot Borer - Cnestus mutilatus - female Cnestus mutilatus Cnestus mutilatus
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 Xyleborini
Genus Cnestus
Explanation of Names
Cnestus Sampson 1911
Numbers
A single (adventive) species in our area(1), >30 spp. total(2)
Range
native to so. Asia & Austronesia(1)
Works Cited
1.Hulcr J., Smith S. (2010) Xyleborini ambrosia beetles: an identification tool to the world genera
2.Bark beetles: biology and ecology of native and invasive species
Vega F.E., Hofstetter R.W. (eds.). 2015. Elsevier. 620 pp.
Contributed by Joshua P. Basham on 21 November, 2011 - 3:31pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 23 January, 2015 - 2:54pm

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