Ipini is a
tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to confli ...
of
bark beetles. It is a
monophyletic group.
Beetles of this tribe specialize on
conifers. Many species, such as the
six-spined engraver beetle (''Ips sexdentatus'') and the
European spruce bark beetle (''Ips typographus''), produce galleries in wood for their eggs and
larva
A larva (; plural larvae ) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults. Animals with indirect development such as insects, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase of their life cycle.
...
e.
Almost all beetles in this tribe have
polygynous mating systems Polygyny (; from Neo-Greek πολυγυνία, from πολύ- ''poly-'', "many", and γυνή ''gyne'', "woman" or "wife") is a mating system in which one male lives and mates with multiple females but each female only mates with a single male. Sy ...
with
harems
Harem (Persian: حرمسرا ''haramsarā'', ar, حَرِيمٌ ''ḥarīm'', "a sacred inviolable place; harem; female members of the family") refers to domestic spaces that are reserved for the women of the house in a Muslim family. A har ...
of females. An exception is the monogamous ''
Ips latidens
IPS, ips, or iPS may refer to:
Science and technology Biology and medicine
* ''Ips'' (genus), a genus of bark beetle
* Induced pluripotent stem cell or iPS cells
* Intermittent photic stimulation, a neuroimaging technique
* Intraparietal sulcus, ...
''.
[Reid, M. (1999)]
Monogamy in the bark beetle ''Ips latidens'': ecological correlates of an unusual mating system.
''Ecological Entomology'' 24(1), 89–94.
Genera include:
*''
Acanthotomicus''
*''
Ips
IPS, ips, or iPS may refer to:
Science and technology Biology and medicine
* ''Ips'' (genus), a genus of bark beetle
* Induced pluripotent stem cell or iPS cells
* Intermittent photic stimulation, a neuroimaging technique
* Intraparietal sulcus, ...
''
*''
Orthotomicus''
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Pityogenes''
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Pityokteines''
*''
Pseudips''
References
External links
Ipini.Fauna Europaea. 2013.
Scolytinae
Beetle tribes
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