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Genus Premnobius

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 Premnobius

Explanation of Names

Premnobius Eichhoff 1878

Numbers

A single (adventive) species in our area(1), 25 total(2)

Size

2.3–3.3 mm(2)

Range

FL to Brazil; Africa(2)

Food

hosts: Eucalyptus, Pinus(2)

Life Cycle

unique in males being flightless and mating with their siblings before the females leave the brood gallery(1)

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 - 4:16pm
Last updated 1 March, 2013 - 5:51pm

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