Tomicini are a

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bark beetle A bark beetle is the common name for the subfamily of beetles Scolytinae. Previously, this was considered a distinct family (Scolytidae), but is now understood to be a specialized clade of the "true weevil" family (Curculionidae). Although th ...

s, highly specialized

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s of the

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Scolytinae A bark beetle is the common name for the subfamily of beetles Scolytinae. Previously, this was considered a distinct family (Scolytidae), but is now understood to be a specialized clade of the "true weevil" family (Curculionidae). Although th ...

. They belong to the group of tribes around the

Hylesinini Hylesinini is a tribe of crenulate bark beetles in the family Curculionidae. There are at least 20 genera and 80 described species in Hylesinini. General These 23 genera belong to the tribe Hylesinini: * '' Alniphagus'' Swaine, 1918 * '' Carph ...

, which are all included in these by some authors. In this case, the Tomicini become a

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Tomicina. This tribe contains a number of notorious

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, in particular of

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s; even by bark beetle standards, some Tomicini are unusually destructive and can cause massive amounts of damage during

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s. Some Tomicini have spread from their native range with shipments of

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and established themselves as

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Genera

* '' Chaetoptelius'' * ''

Dendroctonus ''Dendroctonus'' is a genus of bark beetles. It includes several species notorious for destroying trees in the forests of North America. The genus has a symbiotic relationship with many different yeasts, particularly those in the genera ''Candida ...

'' * '' Dendrotrupes'' * '' Hylurdrectonus'' * '' Hylurgonotus'' * '' Hylurgopinus'' * ''

Hylurgus ''Hylurgus'' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Curculionidae The Curculionidae are a family of weevils, commonly called snout beetles or true weevils. They are one of the largest animal families with 6,800 genera and 83,000 species ...

'' * '' Pachycotes'' * ''

Pseudohylesinus ''Pseudohylesinus'' is a genus of crenulate bark beetles in the family Curculionidae The Curculionidae are a family of weevils, commonly called snout beetles or true weevils. They are one of the largest animal families with 6,800 genera and 83 ...

'' * '' Pseudoxylechinus'' * '' Sinophloeus'' * ''

Tomicus ''Tomicus'' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Curculionidae. The genus was described in 1802 by Pierre André Latreille. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. Species: * ''Tomicus piniperda ''Tomicus piniperda'', the common p ...

'' (= ''Blastophagus, Myelophilus'') * '' Xylechinosomus'' * ''

Xylechinus ''Xylechinus'' is a genus of crenulate bark beetles in the family Curculionidae whose 53 described species include: * ''Xylechinus acaciae'' Schedl * ''Xylechinus aconcaguensis'' Wood, 2007 * ''Xylechinus africanus'' Browne, 1973a * ''Xylechinu ...

References

* * Scolytinae Polyphaga tribes {{Scolytinae-stub