Body length 3.5-4.5mm; elytral declivity has four spines on each side, the third spine is the largest and distinctly capitate, the declivity is shiny with distinct punctures; in the middle of the front edge of the frons of the male are shiny tubercles; the black pronotum is tubercled in the front and is finely punctured in the back.
- Scientific Name
- Ips amitinus
- Scientific Author
- Taxonomy
- (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Ipini)
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Dorsal view
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Elytral view
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Head front
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Head side
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Lateral view
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Posterior view
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Pronotum view
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- Author
- Walker, K.
- Created
- 01/06/2005 05:00 AEST
- Last Updated
- 06/02/2009 11:55 AEST
- Citation
- Walker, K. (2005) Eight-toothed spruce bark beetle (Ips amitinus) Updated on 2/6/2009 11:55:49 AM Available online: PaDIL - http://www.padil.gov.au.
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- Free for use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
