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Genus Pityokteines

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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 Pityokteines
Explanation of Names
Pityokteines Fuchs 1911
Numbers
6 spp. in our area, 9 total(1)
Size
1.6–2.9 mm(1)
Range
holarctic(1)
Food
hosts: Pinaceae(1)
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