Subfamily

Scolytinae (Bark and ambrosia beetles)

Xyleborinus saxesenii. Photo: (c) Mike Quinn, Austin, TX, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

A bark beetle is one of about 220 genera with 6,000 species of beetles in the subfamily Scolytinae. Traditionally, this was considered a distinct family Scolytidae, but is now understood to be very specialized members of the “true weevil” family (Curculionidae). Well-known species are members of the type genus Scolytus, namely the European elm bark beetle S. multistriatus and the large elm bark beetle S. scolytus, which like the American elm bark beetle Hylurgopinus rufipes, transmit…

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Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
      - Class: Insecta (Insects)
        Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
        Order: Coleoptera (Beetles)
        Suborder: Polyphaga (Water, rove, scarab, long-horned, leaf, and snout beetles)
        Infraorder: Cucujiformia (Cucujiform beetles)
        Superfamily: Curculionoidea (Snout and bark beetles)
        Family: Curculionidae (True weevils)
        Subfamily: Scolytinae (Bark and ambrosia beetles)
        Tribe: Xyleborini (1)

Subtaxa

Tribe: Xyleborini

Subfamily

Scolytinae (Bark and ambrosia beetles)

Subtaxa

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