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Genus Dendrosinus

Dendrosinus bourreriae Schwartz - Dendrosinus bourreriae

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 Phloeosinini

Genus Dendrosinus

Explanation of Names

Dendrosinus Chapuis 1869

Numbers

A single species in our area, 10 total(1)

Size

3.3–4.3 mm(2)

Range

FL to Argentina(2)

Food

hosts: Bourreria, Bursera, Eugenia, Jatropha, Torrubia(2)

Internet References

Genus page(2)

Works Cited

1.	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.

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

Contributed by v belov on 6 December, 2010 - 4:13pm
Last updated 28 February, 2013 - 8:51pm

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