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Species Crypturgus pusillus

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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 Crypturgini
Genus Crypturgus
Species pusillus (Crypturgus pusillus)
Explanation of Names
Crypturgus pusillus (Gyllenhal, 1813)
Identification
See remarks here:
Range
native to, and widespread across the Palaearctic, adventive in NA (NF-ON to FL-TX)(1)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: NY 1868(2)
Internet References
Species page(1)
Works Cited
1.Atkinson T.H. (200_‒2023) Bark and ambrosia beetles of the Americas
2.Exotic bark and ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in the United States: potential and current invaders
Haack R.A., Rabaglia R.J. 2013. In: Potential invasive pests of agricultural crops. Peña J.E., ed. CABI International, Wallingford, UK, pp. 48‒74.
Contributed by v belov on 10 February, 2014 - 9:16am
Additional contributions by mfdigiro
Last updated 13 October, 2021 - 1:43pm

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