Trypophloeus populi
| Trypophloeus populi | |
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| Trypophloeus populi (by TH Atkinson, Biodiversity Center, University of Texas at Austin). holotype Trypophloeus populi Hopkins. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Genus: | Trypophloeus |
| Species: | T. populi
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| Binomial name | |
| Trypophloeus populi Hopkins, 1915 [1]
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Tyrpophloeus populi is a species of bark beetle[2][3] that have been suggested as the cause of sudden aspen decline.[4][5][6] It was first described by the American entomologist Andrew Delmar Hopkins.[7]
Bark beetles have been reported to have lengths ranging from 1.7 to 2.1 millimeters, with their length approximately 2.3 times as long as they are wide.[7] They come in black and dark brown body colors.
Tyrpophloeus populi has been found throughout North America, from East Nevada and North Arizona to Saskatchewan and New Brunswick.[7]
References
- ^ "Trypophloeus populi". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ "ITIS - Report: Trypophloeus populi". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
- ^ Webmaster, David Ratz. "A Bark Beetle - Montana Field Guide". fieldguide.mt.gov. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
- ^ Anon. "Aspen bark beetles" (PDF). Forest Health Management Rocky Mountain Region July 2008.
- ^ Nicholas Riccardi (October 18, 2009). "Climate blamed for aspen deaths". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Michelle Nijhuis (December 2008). "What's Killing the Aspen?". Smithsonian magazine. Archived from the original on 2010-06-11. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
- ^ a b c Wood, S.L. 1982. The bark and ambrosia beetles of North and Central America (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), a taxonomic monograph. Great Basin Nat. Mem. 6: 1-1356. URL.