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Genus Dendroterus

Dendroterus striatus Dendroterus striatus
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 Pityophthorina
Genus Dendroterus
Explanation of Names
Dendroterus Blandford 1904
Numbers
2 spp. in our area, 15 total(1)
Size
1.4–2.9 mm(1)
Range
TX & so. CA to Panama(1)
Food
hosts: Bursera, Jatropha(1)
Internet References
Genus page(1)
Works Cited
1.Mercado J.E. (2011) Bark beetle genera of the United States
Contributed by v belov on 16 December, 2013 - 5:08pm
Last updated 22 December, 2013 - 7:34am

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