Conophthorus

Genus of beetles

Conophthorus
Conophthorus teocotum, Mexico
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Subfamily: Scolytinae
Tribe: Scolytini
Subtribe: Pityophthorina
Genus: Conophthorus
Hopkins, 1915

Conophthorus is a genus of "bark and ambrosia beetles" in the family Curculionidae. There are more than 20 described species in Conophthorus, found in Mexico, the United States, and Canada.[1][2][3][4]

Species

These 25 species belong to the genus Conophthorus:

  • Conophthorus apachecae Hopkins, 1915
  • Conophthorus banksianae McPherson, 1970 (jack pine tip beetle)
  • Conophthorus cembroides Wood, 1972
  • Conophthorus clunicus Hopkins, 1915
  • Conophthorus conicolens Wood, 1977
  • Conophthorus coniperda (Schwarz), 1895 (white pine cone beetle)
  • Conophthorus contortae Hopkins, 1915
  • Conophthorus delriomorai Rio Mora & Mayo (Wood in) , 1988
  • Conophthorus echinatae Wood, 1978
  • Conophthorus edulis Hopkins, 1915 (pinon cone beetle)
  • Conophthorus flexilis Hopkins, 1915
  • Conophthorus lambertianae Hopkins, 1915 (sugar pine cone beetle)
  • Conophthorus mexicanus Wood, 1962
  • Conophthorus michoacanae Wood, 1980
  • Conophthorus monophyllae Hopkins, 1915
  • Conophthorus monticolae Hopkins, 1915
  • Conophthorus ponderosae Hopkins, 1915 (lodgepole cone beetle)
  • Conophthorus radiatae Hopkins, 1915 (Monterey pine cone beetle)
  • Conophthorus resinosae Hopkins, 1915 (red pine cone beetle)
  • Conophthorus schwerdtfegeri Schedl, 1955
  • Conophthorus scopulorum Hopkins, 1915
  • Conophthorus taedae Hopkins, 1915
  • Conophthorus teocotum Wood, 1980
  • Conophthorus terminalis Flores & Bright, 1987
  • Conophthorus virginianae Hopkins, 1915

References

  1. ^ "Conophthorus". GBIF. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Conophthorus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Conophthorus Hopkins, 1915". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  4. ^ Johnson, A. J.; Hulcr, J.; Knížek, M.; Atkinson, T. H.; et al. (2020). "Revision of the Bark Beetle Genera Within the Former Cryphalini (Curculionidae: Scolytinae)". Insect Systematics and Diversity. 4 (3). doi:10.1093/isd/ixaa002.
  • Citizen science observations for Conophthorus at iNaturalist
  • Media related to Conophthorus at Wikimedia Commons
Taxon identifiers
Conophthorus


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