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Definition of Family Scolytidae
1. Noun. Large family of bark-boring or wood-boring short-beaked beetles; very destructive to forest and fruit trees.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Coleoptera, Order Coleoptera
Member holonyms: Genus Scolytus, Scolytus, Dendroctonus, Genus Dendroctonus, Bark Beetle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Scolytidae
Literary usage of Family Scolytidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Forest Bulletin (1905)
"Section to 13 inclusive, or one-third of the whole central cases, are taken up
by the important family Scolytidae and the collection of this family here ..."
2. Hand-book of Indian Agriculture by Nitya Gopal Mukerji (1901)
"... belonging to the family Scolytidae, is a small brown beetle, which tunnels
into the stalks of paddy plants. ..."
3. Entomology for Beginners for the Use of Young Folks, Fruit-growers, Farmers by Alpheus Spring Packard (1888)
"family Scolytidae.—Body thick, cylindrical; beak short, often not apparent;
pygidium surrounded at the edge by the elytra; tibiae usually serrate. ..."
4. Zoology of the Invertebrata: A Text-book for Students. by Arthur Everett Shipley (1893)
"... lays its eggs in hazel-nuts and acorns; its larva feeds upon the substance of
the nut. Family SCOLYTIDAE.—This family was formerly sometimes called the ..."
5. Annual Report by Entomological Society of Ontario, Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture (1894)
"We would estimate the loss caused by bark beetles of the family Scolytidae, which
have caused the death of pine and spruce trees over vast areas within the ..."
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