Dendroctonus frontalis

Dendroctonus frontalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Curculionidae
Subfamily:	Scolytinae
Genus:	Dendroctonus
Species:	D. frontalis
Binomial name
Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmerman, 1868

Dendroctonus frontalis, the southern pine beetle, is a species of bark beetle native to the forests of southern United States, Mexico and Central America.^[1] It has a hard reddish brown to black exoskeleton and measures approximately 3 mm (0.12 in), about the size of a grain of rice. It is short-legged, the front of its head is notched and the hind of its body is round.^[2]

Tree infestations

Dendroctonus frontalis inhabits several Pinus species. Host trees in the United States include primarily P. taeda, P. echinata, P. elliottii, P. virginiana, P. rigida, P. palustris, P. serotina, P. pungens and P. strobes, P. ponderosa, P. engelmannii and P. leiophylla.^[2] Host trees in Central America include P. caribaea, P. engelmannii, P. leiophylla, P. maximinoi and P. oocarpa.^[2] In the south-eastern United States it is considered one of the most important causes of economic loss in forestry.^[3]

References

1. ^ "Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmermann, 1868". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=114914. Retrieved 25 April 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} FAO Forestry Department (2009). "Dendroctonus frontalis". Global Review of Forest Pests and Diseases. A Thematic Study Prepared in the Framework of the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005. FAO Forestry Papers. 156. Food and Agriculture Organization. ISBN 978-92-5-106208-1. ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/011/i0640e/i0640e10e.pdf. 
3. ^ Matthew J. Ungerer & Matthew P. Ayres & María J. Lombardero. "Climate and the northern distribution limits of Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmermann (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)" (PDF). Journal of Biogeography 26 (6): 1133–1145. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2699.1999.00363.x. JSTOR 2656057. http://www.freshfromflorida.com/pi/enpp/ento/entcirc/ent369.pdf. 

External links

• Data related to Dendroctonus frontalis at Wikispecies