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Lymantor
Genus
Lymantor
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
Dryocoetini
Genus
Lymantor
Explanation of Names
Lymantor
Lovendal 1889
Numbers
2 spp. in our area, 4 total
(
1
)
Size
1.5-1.9 mm
(
1
)
Identification
4-segmented antennal funicle and sutures pattern on the antennal club are diagnostic
(
1
)
Range
Holarctic (n. NA and Europe); our spp.:
L. decipiens
e. US and Canada,
L. alaskanus
in AK
(
1
)
(
2
)
Food
phloeophagous, on small dry branches of maples (
Acer
spp.) or, rarely, other hosts
(
2
)
(
Hamamelis, Rhus, Salix
)
(
3
)
Internet References
Genus page
(
3
)
Works Cited
1.
The Bark and Ambrosia Beetles of North and Central America (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), a Taxonomic Monograph
Stephen Wood. 1982. Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs, Number 6, Brigham Young University.
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.
3.
Mercado J.E. (2011) Bark beetle genera of the United States
Contributed by
Guy A. Hanley
on 16 December, 2010 - 9:30am
Additional contributions by
v belov
Last updated 1 March, 2013 - 3:07pm