Hylurgopinus rufipes
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| Species: | H. rufipes
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| Hylurgopinus rufipes (Eichhoff)[1]
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Hylurgopinus rufipes, known as the native elm bark beetle, is a species of elm bark beetles in the tribe Hylesinini (crenulate bark beetles). It is found in Canada and the United States. It is of particular importance as a vector of Dutch elm disease. It is brownish-red in color and its size ranges from 2.34 mm to 2.9 mm.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Kaston, BJ (1936). "The morphology of the elm bark beetle, Hylurgopinus rufipes (Eichhoff)". Connecticut Experimental Station, New Haven, Bulletin 387: 613–650.
- ^ Eichhoff, WJ (1868). "Neue amerikanische Borkenkäfer-Gattungen und Arten. (Teil II)". Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 12: 147 (Translated by EA Schwarz as: Echhhoff W. J. (1896), "Remarks on the synonymy of some North American scolytid beetles", Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 18: 605–610. Available at: https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/13430/USNMP-18_1085_1896.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y).
- ^ LeConte, JL (1868). "Appendix to the Synopsis of the Scolytidae of America north of Mexico". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. II: 170.
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