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Species Pseudohylesinus pini

Tiny broad-nosed weevil? - Pseudohylesinus pini

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 Hylurgini

Genus Pseudohylesinus

Species pini (Pseudohylesinus pini)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Prior to 1969, this species was treated under the name P. sericeus(1)

Explanation of Names

Pseudohylesinus pini Wood, 1969

Size

2.2-2.8mm(1)

Identification

See comments here:

Range

BC to central CA(1)

Food

Pinus contorta, P. muricata, P. radiata(1)

Works Cited

1.	The Bark and Ambrosia Beetles of North and Central America (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), a Taxonomic Monograph Stephen Wood. 1982. Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs, Number 6, Brigham Young University.

Contributed by Marc DiGirolomo on 14 August, 2019 - 7:49am

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