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Genus Dendroctonus

Representative Images

Black Turpentine Beetle - Dendroctonus terebrans Dendroctonus ponderosae Dendroctonus adjunctus bark beetle - Dendroctonus valens bark beetle - Dendroctonus valens Mountain Pine beetle - Dendroctonus ponderosae Dendroctonus rufipennis ?? - Dendroctonus Red Turpentine Beetle? - Dendroctonus valens

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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