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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 · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Douglas-fir beetle (Dendroctonus pseudotsugae) frass - 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

D. frontalis info from(3)

Internet References

Genus page(1)

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)

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.

3.	A Field Guide to Common Texas Insects Bastiaan M. Drees, John A. Jackman. 1998. Gulf Publishing.

4.	Colorado State University Extension Publications

5.	Forest Health Program - Nevada Division of Forestry

6.	USDA Forest Service (1957-) Forest Insect & Disease Leaflets (FIDLs)

Contributed by tom murray on 7 May, 2006 - 2:36pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Chuck Entz, v belov, KenW
Last updated 9 December, 2020 - 9:38pm

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