Dendroctonus
Sign in to saveDendroctonus is a genus of bark beetles. Its name in New Latin is derived from Ancient Greek δένδρον dendron "tree", and κτόνος ktonos "murder", alluding to its ability to kill trees. It includes several species notorious for destroying trees in the forests of North America. The genus has a symbiotic relationship with many different yeasts, particularly those in the genera Candida and Pichia that aid in digestion and pheromone production. Various bacterial species also appear to be associated with larvae or adults of different species of Dendroctonus. For example, the bacterial species Rahnel
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderColeoptera
- FamilyCurculionidae
Dendroctonus es un género de coleópteros polífagos de la familia Curculionidae. Son escarabajos nativos de América del Norte y América Central donde son también conocidos como gorgojo descortezador o gorgojo de la corteza del pino.[1] Incluye diferentes especies considerados como graves plagas forestales por causar serios daños a ciertos árboles coníferas.[1] Especies El género tiene las siguientes especies reconocidas: Dendroctonus adjunctus Blandford, 1897 Dendroctonus approximatus Dietz, 1890 Dendroctonus brevicomis LeConte 1876 Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmermann, 1868 Dendroctonus jeffreyi Hopkins, 1909 - afecta Pinus jeffreyi Dendroctonus murrayanae Hopkins, 1909 - afecta Pinus contorta Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins, 1902 - afecta Pinus ponderosa Dendroctonus pseudotsugae Hopkins, 1905 - afecta Pseudotsuga Dendroctonus punctatus LeConte, 1868 Dendroctonus rufipennis Kirby 1837 - afecta la pícea Dendroctonus simplex LeConte, 1868 Dendroctonus terebrans (Olivier, 1795) Dendroctonus valens LeConte, 1860 Véase también Patología forestal Referencias ↑ a b Billings, R.F., S.R. Clarke, V. Espino Mendoza, P. Cordón Cabrera, B. Meléndez Figueroa, J. Ramón Campos y G. Baeza (2004). «
via GBIF
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Dendroctonus ponderosae.jpg
Show 2 more facts
- taxon name
- Dendroctonus
- Commons category
- Dendroctonus
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
~2 min read
Article
2 sectionsContents
- References
- External links
Dendroctonus is a genus of bark beetles. Its name in New Latin is derived from Ancient Greek δένδρον dendron "tree", and κτόνος ktonos "murder", alluding to its ability to kill trees. It includes several species notorious for destroying trees in the forests of North America. The genus has a symbiotic relationship with many different yeasts, particularly those in the genera Candida and Pichia that aid in digestion and pheromone production. Various bacterial species also appear to be associated with larvae or adults of different species of Dendroctonus. For example, the bacterial species Rahnella aquatilis, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, Raoultella terrigena,Ponticoccus gilvus, and Kocuria marina help the species Dendroctonus rhizophagus by cellulose degradation. Dendroctonus rhizophagus is endemic to the Sierra Madre Occidental in Mexico and is an economically important insect pest there, it can severely damage or kill seedlings and young trees of eleven pine species.
thumb|200px|right|D. micans