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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Bark and Ambrosia Beetles (Scolytinae) » Hylurgini » Dendroctonus

Genus Dendroctonus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Red Turpentine Beetle - Dendroctonus valens 242420 - Dendroctonus Dendroctonus adjunctus Dendroctonus? - Dendroctonus pseudotsugae Mountain Pine beetle - Dendroctonus ponderosae bark beetle - Dendroctonus valens Dendroctonus, beat from conifers - Dendroctonus valens southern pine beetle - Dendroctonus frontalis
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 Dendroctonus
Explanation of Names
Dendroctonus Erichson 1836
Greek dendron (δενδρον) 'tree' + ktonos (κτονος) 'killer'
Numbers
14 spp. in our area, 20 total(1)
Size
2.5‒9.0 mm(1)
Range
most of NA(2) to Nicaragua + Eurasia(1)
Food
Breed on boles of conifers; sometimes kill healthy trees(2)
Remarks
Includes a number of economically important pests
Internet References
Genus page(1)
Works Cited
1.Mercado J.E. (2011) Bark beetle genera of the United States
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 tom murray on 7 May, 2006 - 2:36pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Chuck Entz, v belov, KenW
Last updated 28 September, 2024 - 9:43am

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