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Dendroctonus
Dendroctonus is a genus of bark beetles. It includes several species notorious for destroying trees in the forests of North America; the genus name in New Latin is derived from Ancient Greek δένδρον dendron "tree", and κτόνος ktonos "murder", alluding to its ability to kill trees.
22 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Red Turpentine Beetle
speciesDendroctonus valens
Black Turpentine Beetle
speciesDendroctonus terebrans
Spruce Bark Beetle
speciesDendroctonus rufipennis
Mountain Pine Beetle
speciesDendroctonus ponderosae
Southern Pine Beetle
speciesDendroctonus frontalis
Douglas-fir Beetle
speciesDendroctonus pseudotsugae
Dendroctonus mexicanus
speciesDendroctonus mexicanus
Western Pine Beetle
speciesDendroctonus brevicomis
Great Spruce Bark Beetle
speciesDendroctonus micans
Eastern Larch Beetle
speciesDendroctonus simplex
Dendroctonus adjunctus
speciesDendroctonus adjunctus
Dendroctonus mesoamericanus
speciesDendroctonus mesoamericanus
Larger Mexican Pine Beetle
speciesDendroctonus approximatus
Jeffrey Pine Beetle
speciesDendroctonus jeffreyi
Dendroctonus vitei
speciesDendroctonus vitei
Lodgepole Pine Beetle
speciesDendroctonus murrayanae
Dendroctonus parallelocollis
speciesDendroctonus parallelocollis
Dendroctonus monticolae
speciesDendroctonus monticolae
Dendroctonus engelmanni
speciesDendroctonus engelmanni
Dendroctonus armandi
speciesDendroctonus armandi
Dendroctonus rhizophagus
speciesDendroctonus rhizophagus
Boreal Spruce Beetle
speciesDendroctonus punctatus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48914.