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 and Pichia that aid in digestion and pheromone production.[1]
Species include:
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 and Pichia that aid in digestion and pheromone production.
D. micans Species include:
Dendroctonus adjunctus - roundheaded pine beetle Dendroctonus approximatus - Mexican pine beetle Dendroctonus armandi - Chinese white pine beetle Dendroctonus barberi - southwestern pine beetle Dendroctonus brevicomis - western pine beetle Dendroctonus frontalis - southern pine beetle Dendroctonus jeffreyi - Jeffrey pine beetle Dendroctonus mesoamericanus - Mesoamerican pine beetle Dendroctonus mexicanus - smaller Mexican pine beetle Dendroctonus micans - great spruce bark beetle Dendroctonus murrayanae - lodgepole pine beetle Dendroctonus parallelocollis - larger Mexican pine beetle Dendroctonus ponderosae - mountain pine beetle Dendroctonus pseudotsugae - Douglas-fir beetle Dendroctonus punctatus - Allegheny spruce beetle Dendroctonus rufipennis - spruce beetle Dendroctonus rhizophagus - TBD Dendroctonus simplex - eastern larch beetle Dendroctonus terebrans - black turpentine beetle Dendroctonus valens - red turpentine beetle Dendroctonus vitei
