BARKBEETLE
Bark beetle
A bark beetle is one of approximately 220 genera with 6,000 species of beetles in the subfamily Scolytinae. Traditionally, this was considered a distinct family Scolytidae, but now it is understood that bark beetles are in fact very specialized members of the "true weevil" family . Well-known species are members of the type genus Scolytus, namely the European elm bark beetle S. multistriatus and the large elm bark beetle S. scolytus, which like the American elm bark beetle Hylurgopinus rufipes, transmit Dutch elm disease fungi . The mountain pine beetle Dendroctonus ...The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Bark beetle
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bark beetle
Noun
- any of various beetles, of the subfamily Scolytinae, many of which reproduce in the inner bark of trees
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