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Dendroctonus frontalis (southern pine beetle)

Wikipedia Abstract

Dendroctonus frontalis, the southern pine beetle, is a species of bark beetle native to the forests of southern United States, Mexico and Central America. It has a hard reddish brown to black exoskeleton and measures approximately 3 mm (0.12 in), about the size of a grain of rice. It is short-legged, the front of its head is notched and the hind of its body is round.
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Habitat Vegetation Classification

Name Location  Website 
Eastern White Pine Plantation Canada (Ontario); United States (Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Georgia, West Virginia, South Carolina, New Jersey, Ohio, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Delaware, Vermont, Indiana, Maryland, Tennessee, New York, Connecticut, Virginia)
Louisiana Longleaf Pine Fleming Glade United States (Louisiana)
Shortleaf Pine Plantation United States (Mississippi, Alabama, North Carolina, Georgia, Missouri, Louisiana, South Carolina, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas)
Slash Pine Managed Forest United States (South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, Texas)
Upper West Gulf Coastal Plain Ruderal Loblolly Pine - Shortleaf Pine Forest United States (Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas)
Upper West Gulf Coastal Plain Shortleaf Pine - Loblolly Pine Naturally Mixed Forest United States (Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma)
Virginia Pine Plantation United States (Georgia, Ohio, South Carolina, Kentucky, Virginia, Alabama, North Carolina, Tennessee)
West Gulf Coastal Plain Clayey Longleaf Pine Woodland (Dry Type) United States (Texas, Louisiana)
West Gulf Coastal Plain Dry Loblolly Pine - Hardwood Forest United States (Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas)
West Gulf Coastal Plain Dry-Mesic Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland United States (Texas, Louisiana)
West Gulf Coastal Plain Fire-Infrequent Xeric Longleaf Pine Sandhill Woodland United States (Texas, Louisiana)
West Gulf Coastal Plain Longleaf - Mixed Pine - Sweetgum Forest United States (Louisiana, Texas)
West Gulf Coastal Plain Managed Loblolly Pine Forest United States (Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas)
West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Loblolly Pine - Mixed Hardwood Forest United States (Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana)
West Gulf Coastal Plain Mesic Upland Longleaf Pine Woodland United States (Louisiana, Texas)
West Gulf Coastal Plain Ruderal Longleaf Pine Flatwoods, Fire-Suppressed Phase United States (Louisiana)
West Gulf Coastal Plain Ruderal Slash Pine Wet Woodland United States (Louisiana)
West Gulf Coastal Plain Shortleaf Pine - Post Oak Forest United States (Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma)
West Gulf Coastal Plain Subcalcareous Pine - Hardwood Slope & Stream Bottom Forest United States (Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma)
West Gulf Coastal Plain Wet Longleaf Pine Savanna (High Terraces Type) United States (Louisiana, Texas)
West Gulf Coastal Plain Xeric Upland Shortleaf Pine - Oak Woodland United States (Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma)

External References

Citations

Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0