Conophthorus

Conophthorus
Conophthorus teocotum, Mexico
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Curculionidae
Subfamily:	Scolytinae
Tribe:	Scolytini
Subtribe:	Pityophthorina
Genus:	Conophthorus Hopkins, 1915

Conophthorus is a genus of "bark and ambrosia beetles" in the family Curculionidae. There are more than 20 described species in Conophthorus, found in Mexico, the United States, and Canada. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species

These 25 species belong to the genus Conophthorus:

• Conophthorus apachecae Hopkins, 1915
• Conophthorus banksianae McPherson, 1970 (jack pine tip beetle)
• Conophthorus cembroides Wood, 1972
• Conophthorus clunicus Hopkins, 1915
• Conophthorus conicolens Wood, 1977
• Conophthorus coniperda (Schwarz), 1895 (white pine cone beetle)
• Conophthorus contortae Hopkins, 1915
• Conophthorus delriomorai Rio Mora & Mayo (Wood in) , 1988
• Conophthorus echinatae Wood, 1978
• Conophthorus edulis Hopkins, 1915 (pinon cone beetle)
• Conophthorus flexilis Hopkins, 1915
• Conophthorus lambertianae Hopkins, 1915 (sugar pine cone beetle)
• Conophthorus mexicanus Wood, 1962
• Conophthorus michoacanae Wood, 1980
• Conophthorus monophyllae Hopkins, 1915
• Conophthorus monticolae Hopkins, 1915
• Conophthorus ponderosae Hopkins, 1915 (lodgepole cone beetle)
• Conophthorus radiatae Hopkins, 1915 (Monterey pine cone beetle)
• Conophthorus resinosae Hopkins, 1915 (red pine cone beetle)
• Conophthorus schwerdtfegeri Schedl, 1955
• Conophthorus scopulorum Hopkins, 1915
• Conophthorus taedae Hopkins, 1915
• Conophthorus teocotum Wood, 1980
• Conophthorus terminalis Flores & Bright, 1987
• Conophthorus virginianae Hopkins, 1915

References

1. "Conophthorus". GBIF. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
2. "Conophthorus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
3. "Conophthorus Hopkins, 1915". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
4. Johnson, A. J.; Hulcr, J.; Knížek, M.; Atkinson, T. H.; et al. (2020). "Revision of the Bark Beetle Genera Within the Former Cryphalini (Curculionidae: Scolytinae)". Insect Systematics and Diversity. 4 (3). doi: 10.1093/isd/ixaa002 .

External links

• Citizen science observations for Conophthorus at iNaturalist
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   Media related to Conophthorus at Wikimedia Commons