Scolytus

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Scolytus - type genus of the Scolytidae comprising numerous small bark beetlesgenus Scolytusarthropod genus - a genus of arthropodsfamily Ipidae, family Scolytidae, Ipidae, Scolytidae - large family of bark-boring or wood-boring short-beaked beetles; very destructive to forest and fruit treesDutch-elm beetle, Scolytus multistriatus - a vector of the fungus causing Dutch elm disease

Scolytus

a genus of beetles of the family Scolytidae. They live predominantly on deciduous trees (one species, on the larch). The body measures from 1.5 to 7 mm long. Members of Scolytus, as do all the Scolytidae, live under the bark of trees and bore tunnels in the phloem and even in the sapwood. When there is mass reproduction, the beetles weaken and sometimes completely destroy the trees. There are approximately 200 species distributed in the temperate zone of the northern hemisphere. In the USSR there are about 50 species, predominantly in the south of the European part and in the Far East (in Primor’e). A number of species are dangerous pests of forests and orchards: the birch-bark beetle (S. ratzeburgi) and species that develop on the elm (S. scolytus, S. multistriatus).

Scolytus

Related to Scolytus: colitis, Dutch elm disease, Scolytus multistriatus, scoliosis, iridocyclitis

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Synonyms for Scolytus

noun type genus of the Scolytidae comprising numerous small bark beetles

Synonyms

genus Scolytus

Related Words

arthropod genus
family Ipidae
family Scolytidae
Ipidae
Scolytidae
Dutch-elm beetle
Scolytus multistriatus