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Genus Dendroctonus

Dendroctonus - Dendroctonus valens Dendroctonus murrayanae Scolytinae - Dendroctonus mexicanus Douglas-fir beetle (Dendroctonus pseudotsugae) frass - Dendroctonus pseudotsugae Scolytine - Dendroctonus valens Scolytinae? - Dendroctonus pseudotsugae Scolytid found on snowpack - Dendroctonus New Hope Bottomlands beetle 4 2023 2 - Dendroctonus terebrans
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 nw. Nicaragua + Eurasia(1)
Food
Breed on boles of conifers; sometimes kill healthy trees(2)
Remarks
Includes a number of economically important pests
Print References
Internet References
Fact sheets on spp. not yet in the guide:
D. ponderosae (Mountain Pine Beetle): Leatherman et al. (2012)(4), Christopherson (2013)(5)
D. jeffreyi (Jeffrey Pine Beetle): Christopherson (2013)(5)
D. brevicomis (Western Pine Beetle): Christopherson (2013)(5) | DeMars & Roettgering (1982)(6)