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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Species Coccotrypes cyperi

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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 Dryocoetini
Genus Coccotrypes (Palm Seed Borers)
Species cyperi (Coccotrypes cyperi)
Explanation of Names
Coccotrypes cyperi (Beeson 1929)
Range
[FL LA]
Remarks
earliest record in our area: LA 1934(1)
Internet References
Works Cited
1.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.
2.Atkinson T.H. (200_‒2023) Bark and ambrosia beetles of the Americas