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Dryoxylon
Genus
Dryoxylon
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
Xyleborini
Genus
Dryoxylon
Explanation of Names
Dryoxylon
Bright & Rabaglia 1999
Numbers
monotypic genus
(
1
)
Size
1.9-2.3 mm
(
1
)
Identification
see
(
1
)
Range
native to Japan, adventive in NA and now widespread in se. US (DE-OH-AR to FL-e.TX)
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2
)
(
1
)
(
3
)
Remarks
earliest NA record: TBA [after 1980
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4
)
]
Internet References
Genus profile
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1
)
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5
)
Works Cited
1.
Mercado J.E. (2011) Bark beetle genera of the United States
2.
Atkinson T.H. (200_‒2023) Bark and ambrosia beetles of the Americas
3.
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.
4.
Exotic bark and ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in the United States: Current and potential invaders
5.
Ferro M.L. (2006) The bark and ambrosia beetles (Curculionidae: Scolytinae) of Louisiana: an interactive web-based key
Contributed by
v belov
on 3 May, 2012 - 4:06pm
Last updated 25 August, 2021 - 7:59am