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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 » Tomicus » Pine Shoot Beetle (Tomicus piniperda)

Species Tomicus piniperda - Pine Shoot Beetle

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Tomicus
Species piniperda (Pine Shoot Beetle)
Other Common Names
PSB
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
analogus LeConte 1868
Explanation of Names
Tomicus piniperda (Linnaeus 1758)
Range
native to the Palaearctic (widespread there)(1); in our area, ne. US (ME-MD to WI-IA) and adjacent Canada (QC-ON)(2)(Hausner et al. 2005)
Food
hosts: Pinaceae, in our area mostly Pinus(2)(3)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: MI 1991(4)
Print References
Hausner et al. (2005) Fungi vectored by the introduced bark beetle Tomicus piniperda in Ontario, Canada, and comments on the taxonomy of Leptographium lundbergii, Leptographium terebrantis, Leptographium truncatum, and Leptographium wingfieldii. Can. J. Bot. 83: 1222–1237 (Full text)
Internet References
Species page(3)
Works Cited
1.Coleoptera Poloniae
2.Mercado J.E. (2011) Bark beetle genera of the United States
3.Atkinson T.H. (200_‒2023) Bark and ambrosia beetles of the Americas
4.Exotic bark and ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in the United States: potential and current invaders
Haack R.A., Rabaglia R.J. 2013. In: Potential invasive pests of agricultural crops. Peña J.E., ed. CABI International, Wallingford, UK, pp. 48‒74.
Contributed by v belov on 19 December, 2012 - 1:28pm
Last updated 10 February, 2014 - 6:52pm

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