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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Pinhole Borers (Platypodinae) » Euplatypus

Genus Euplatypus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Life Cycle · Works Cited
Euplatypus pini - male Euplatypus parallelus (Fabricius) - Euplatypus parallelus - male Platypodinae - Euplatypus compositus 827W03 - Euplatypus compositus Borer Beetle? - Euplatypus compositus Beetle - Euplatypus compositus Florida Beetle for ID - Euplatypus 2024-09-13-R7__6498 - Euplatypus compositus
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 Platypodinae (Pinhole Borers)
Genus Euplatypus
Explanation of Names
Euplatypus Wood 1993
Numbers
3 spp. (incl. one adventive) in our area, ~60 total
Range
neotropical group ranging into so. US
Life Cycle
See (1)
Works Cited
1.Guide to insect borers in North American broadleaf trees and shrubs
Solomon, J.D. 1995. USDA Forest Service Agriculture Handbook. 735 pp.
Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 28 December, 2007 - 1:25am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 19 December, 2023 - 2:02pm

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