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Genus Monarthrum

Scolytinae species 1 - Monarthrum mali Monarthrum mali (Fitch) - Monarthrum mali Monarthrum mali - female Scolytinae - Monarthrum fasciatum Monarthrum mali? - Monarthrum mali Bark beetle with mites - Monarthrum mali Scolytinae sp. - Monarthrum fasciatum Monarthrum? - Monarthrum mali
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 Corthylini
Subtribe Corthylina
Genus Monarthrum
Explanation of Names
Monarthrum Kirsch 1866
'one-segmented' (refers to the antennal club)
Numbers
5 spp. in our area, >130 total(1)
Size
1.4–4.8 mm(1)
Range
US to Argentina(1); in our area, 2 spp. are chiefly eastern (M. fasciatum MA-WI-IA-TX-FL, Mexico; M. mali, ME-ON-MN-IA-TX-FL, BC, CA, Mexico(2)); other 3, western(3)
Food
Attack logs and boles of dying hardwoods, esp. oaks(3)
Internet References
Genus page(1)
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.
Contributed by Stephen_WV on 30 July, 2006 - 5:28am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 1 March, 2013 - 3:47pm

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