Scolytus

Translingual

Scolytus scolytus

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Ancient Greek [Term?] (“to strip”)

Proper noun

Scolytus m

A taxonomic genus within the family Curculionidae – typical bark beetles, many of which carry agents, often fungal, of tree diseases.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Coleoptera - order; Polyphaga - suborder; Curculionoidea - superfamily, Curculionidae - family; Scolytinae - subfamily; Scolytini - tribe; Scolytina - subtribe

References

Scolytus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Scolytus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Scolytus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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