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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) » Ipini » Orthotomicus » Orthotomicus caelatus

Species Orthotomicus caelatus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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 Ipini

Genus Orthotomicus

Species caelatus (Orthotomicus caelatus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Orthotomicus caelatus (Eichhoff)

Orig. Comb: Tomicus caelatus Eichhoff 1868

Explanation of Names

caelat (L). 'engrave' (1)

Numbers

4 spp. (one adventive) n. of Mex. (2)

Size

2.4-3.3 mm (3)

Identification

Intermediate in features between Pityokteines and Ips; elytral declivity sexually dimorphic, with distinctly larger spines in male (3)

Range

throughout NA (CA-FL-NL-AK) / Bahamas - Map (2)

Habitat

Under bark of its host trees.

Food

hosts: various Pinaceae (Pinus, Picea, Larix spp.) (3)

Life Cycle

Attacks weakened trees, more commonly found in the lower bole in thick bark. (3)

Short, radiating egg galleries originate at central nuptial chambers. One to 6 eggs are laid in large niches or pockets along the gallery sides.(4)

Print References

Eichhoff, W.J. 1868. Neue amerikanische Borkenkäfer-Gattungen und Arten [part]. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 11: 399-402.

Internet References

Bark and Ambrosia Beetles - T.H. Atkinson

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

2.	Atkinson T.H. (200_‒2023) Bark and ambrosia beetles of the Americas

3.	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.

4.	Eastern Forest Insects Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 18 April, 2008 - 9:29pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov, Marci Hess
Last updated 3 August, 2023 - 3:02pm

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