Species Hylurgopinus rufipes - Native Elm Bark Beetle

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Remarks · Works Cited

Hylurgopinus rufipes Eichhoff - Hylurgopinus rufipes

Scolytinae, dorsal - Hylurgopinus rufipes

Scolytinae, ventral - Hylurgopinus rufipes

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 Hylurgini

Genus Hylurgopinus

Species rufipes (Native Elm Bark Beetle)

Explanation of Names

Hylurgopinus rufipes (Eichhoff 1868)

Size

2‒3.5 mm(1)

Range

NA east of the Rockies(2)

Food

bark of the large branches and boles of Ulmus(2)

Remarks

a vector of the Dutch elm disease fungus(2)

Works Cited

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

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 v belov on 16 October, 2010 - 4:01pm
Additional contributions by mfdigiro, Marci Hess
Last updated 30 March, 2025 - 4:38pm

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