Digital identification tool: Ironclad and Cylindrical Bark Beetles
Published: Fri, 02 Oct 2015, 15:55Last updated: Mon, 05 Oct 2015, 13:51
This tool is designed to aid in the identification of adult Ironclad and Cylindrical Bark Beetles, a large, worldwide group of diverse, subcortical beetles in the family Zopheridae. This group is thought to include both harmful and beneficial species. Some members (Colobicus, Bitoma, Synchita, etc.) have been associated with particular fungi known to harm or kill valuable hardwood trees, while other members (Colydium, Aulonium, Nematidium, etc.) are thought to be predaceous on the larvae and adults of other destructive, wood-boring beetle pests.
This resource includes an interactive Key to Genera & Species, Genus Fact Sheets, species diagnoses, and hundreds of images to aid in the identification of Ironclad and Cylindrical Bark Beetles found in North America north of Mexico. The interactive identification key runs as a Lucid3 Java Applet. Please read the Lucid3 system requirements for information regarding operating systems, web browsers, and other software needed to run the key.
Resources on this page are not intended to be interpretations of ISPMs and terminology used may not be consistent with ISPM 5. Unless otherwise indicated resources, or pest distributions contained within them are not endorsed/adopted/agreed by the CPM nor developed under the auspices of the IPPC Secretariat, and are the exclusive responsibility of the author of the contributed phytosanitary resource.
Resource provide by:- NPPO of USA
Type of contact: NPPO
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- Diagnostic protocol