Scolytidae (family)

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Scope note
Members of a family containing over 2,000 species in around 25 genera of beetles, that are small, cylindrical in shape, brown or black in color, and bore into a tree to form an egg chamber. A few species are destructive to live trees, although most live in dead or dying wood.
Scolytidae
Accepted term: 29-Apr-2024