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Tribe Scolytini


Revision of the Bark Beetle Genera Within the Former Cryphalini (Curculionidae: Scolytinae)
By Andrew J Johnson, Jiri Hulcr, Miloš Knížek, Thomas H Atkinson, Michail Yu Mandelshtam, Sarah M Smith, Anthony I Cognato, ...
Insect Systematics and Diversity, Volume 4, Issue 3, 2020
Author: Andrew J Johnson, Jiri Hulcr, Miloš Knížek, Thomas H Atkinson, Michail Yu Mandelshtam, Sarah M Smith, Anthony I Cognato, Sangwook Park, You Li, Bjarte H Jordal

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A New Species of Scolytus Geoffroy, 1762 and Taxonomic Changes Regarding Neotropical Scolytini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Sc...
By Smith, S.M. & Cognato, A.I.
The Coleopterists Bulletin, 2013
Smith, S.M. and Cognato, A.I. 2013. A New Species of Scolytus Geoffroy, 1762 and Taxonomic Changes Regarding Neotropical Scolytini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin, 67(4): 547-556.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/24773259

A taxonomic monograph of Nearctic Scolytus Geoffroy (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae)
By Smith, Sarah M. & Cognato, Anthony I.
ZooKeys, 2014

Co-occurrence of the invasive banded and european elm bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) in North America
By Lee J.C. et al.
Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 102: 426-436, 2009

Notes on Scolytus fagi Walsh 1867 with the designation of a neotype, distribution notes and a key to Scolytus ...
By Smith, S.M. and A.L. Cognato
Zookeys 56: 35-43, 2010
Full title: "Notes on Scolytus fagi Walsh 1867 with the designation of a neotype, distribution notes and a key to Scolytus Geoffroy of America east of the Mississippi River (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae, Scolytini)"

Redescription of S. fagi plus a key to both sexes of Scolytus species found in eastern North America.

Paper can be found online here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3088332/

The bark and ambrosia beetles of California (Coleoptera: Scolytidae and Platypodidae)
By Bright, D.E. Jr. and Stark, R.W
University of California Press, 1973

Key to the Genera of North American Scolytinae
By LaBonte, J. R.
Oregon Department of Agriculture, 2019

A catalogue of family and genus group names in Scolytinae and Platypodinae with nomenclatural remarks (Coleoptera: Curculion…
By Alonso-Zarazaga, M. A. & Lyal, C. H. C.
Zootaxa, 2009
Alonso-Zarazaga M.A. & Lyal C.H.C. 2009: A catalogue of family and genus group names in Scolytinae and Platypodinae with nomenclatural remarks (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). - Zootaxa 2258: 1-134.

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2258.1.1