Definition of Scolytidae

1. Noun. Large family of bark-boring or wood-boring short-beaked beetles; very destructive to forest and fruit trees.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Scolytidae

Scleroderma bovista
Scleroderma citrinum
Scleroderma flavidium
Sclerodermataceae
Sclerodermatales
Scleroparei
Sclerostoma
Sclerotiniaceae
Scobey
Scolopacidae
Scolopax
Scolopax rusticola
Scolopendrium nigripes
Scolymus
Scolymus hispanicus
Scolytidae
Scolytus
Scolytus multistriatus
Scomber colias
Scomber japonicus
Scomber scombrus
Scomberesocidae
Scomberesox
Scomberesox saurus
Scomberomorus
Scomberomorus cavalla
Scomberomorus maculatus
Scomberomorus regalis
Scomberomorus sierra
Scombresocidae

Literary usage of Scolytidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual of Forestry by William Schlich (1907)
"... been very destructive in the Harz and other forest districts in Germany ; and P. piceae, 111., on the silver-fir. FAMILY VII.—scolytidae (BARK-BEETLES). ..."

2. Forest Bulletin (1905)
"The attacks of Buprestidae, Cerambycidae and scolytidae are at times so bad that the ... The severe invasion of scolytidae from which these forests were ..."

3. Rhynchophora Or Weevils of North Eastern America by Willis Stanley Blatchley, Charles William Leng (1916)
"scolytidae, by Reitter ... BLANDFORD, 1895—1905—scolytidae, Pt. 6. CHAMPION. ... BLANDFORD, WFH—1894—Notes on scolytidae. ..."

4. Studies in Forestry: Being a Short Course of Lectures on the Principles of by John Nisbet (1894)
"... and certain scolytidae; but this would be met by the objection that in such cases the damage depends on too many different factors (species and age of ..."

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