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Genus Hylocurus

Hylocurus langstoni - male Hylocurus langstoni - male bark beetle - Hylocurus hirtellus Hylocurus carinifrons Hylocurus carinifrons Hylocurus sp. - Hylocurus spadix Hylocurus sp. - Hylocurus spadix Hylocurus hirtellus
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 Micracidini
Genus Hylocurus
Explanation of Names
Hylocurus Eichhoff 1872
Numbers
15 spp. in our area, 75 total(1)
Size
1.3–3.2 mm(1)
Range
US to Argentina(1)
Food
xylophagous in small branches of various deciduous trees(2)(1)
Internet References
Genus page(1)
Works Cited
1.Mercado J.E. (2011) Bark beetle genera of the United States
2.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 23 September, 2009 - 7:34pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 28 February, 2013 - 9:11pm

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