Dryocoetes Explained

Dryocoetes is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Curculionidae, in the subfamily Scolytinae (bark beetles).^[1]

The species in this genus are found in North America, Asia, Europe, and Africa. They feed on Abies, Betula, Fagus, Liquidambar, Picea, Pinus, Pseudotsuga, Tsuga deciduous and conifer trees.^[2]

• Dryocoetes abietinus Kono & Tamanuki, 1939
• Dryocoetes abietis Hopkins, 1915b
• Dryocoetes affaber LeConte, 1876
• Dryocoetes alni (Georg, 1856)
• Dryocoetes autographus (Ratzeburg, 1837)
• Dryocoetes baicalicus Reitter, 1899
• Dryocoetes betulae Hopkins, 1915 ^[3]
• Dryocoetes confusus Swaine, 1912 (Western balsam bark beetle) ^{[4] [5] [6]}
• Dryocoetes granicollis
• Dryocoetes hectographus Reitter, 1913
• Dryocoetes himalayensis Strohmeyer, 1908 ^[7]
• Dryocoetes indicus Stebbing, 1914
• Dryocoetes luteus Blandford, 1894
• Dryocoetes pini
• Dryocoetes quadrisulcatus Strohmeyer, 1908
• Dryocoetes striatus Eggers, 1933
• Dryocoetes uniseriatus Eggers, 1926
• Dryocoetes villosus (Fabricius, 1792)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dryocoetes Eichhoff, 1864 . www.gbif.org . 24 February 2021 . en.
2. Web site: Dryocoetes . idtools.org.
3. Web site: Species Dryocoetes betulae . bugguide.net.
4. Web site: Western balsam bark beetle . www2.gov.bc.ca.
5. Web site: Western balsam bark beetle . tidcf.nrcan.gc.ca. 31 December 2013 .
6. Web site: Western balsam bark beetle . www.fs.usda.gov.
7. Dryocoetes himalayensis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), a new bark beetle species for Slovakia and Austria, and its occurrence in the Czech Republic.