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Genus Ambrosiodmus

Bark Beetle? - Ambrosiodmus tachygraphus

I used to know the genus for this scolytine... - Ambrosiodmus minor

Ambrosiodmus - Ambrosiodmus hagedorni - female

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 Xyleborini

Genus Ambrosiodmus

Explanation of Names

Ambrosiodmus Hopkins 1915

'ambrosia eater'

Numbers

7 spp. (of which 2 adventive) in our area, 80 total(1)(2)

Size

1.8–4.9 mm(1)

Range

Worldwide(1), mostly palaeotropical(2)

Internet References

Genus page(1)

Works Cited

1.	Mercado J.E. (2011) Bark beetle genera of the United States

2.	Bark beetles: biology and ecology of native and invasive species Vega F.E., Hofstetter R.W. (eds.). 2015. Elsevier. 620 pp.

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 3 March, 2006 - 2:21pm
Additional contributions by v belov, onegunah
Last updated 23 January, 2015 - 2:35pm

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