Adult body length 2mm, body shape small and elliptical; body colour: head and pronotum black, anterior half of elytra black to dark red-brown, posterior half of elytra red-brown; head with antennae grossly flabellate; body covered with setae and scale-like setae as shown in images; anterior margin of elytra raised and scalloped, pronotum anterior half with raised ridges and toothed.
- Scientific Name
- Phloeotribus scarabaeoides
- Scientific Author
- Taxonomy
- (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Hylesinini)
- Status
- Exotic species - absent from Australia
- Exotic species - absent from Australia
- Reliability
- High
- High
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Diagnostic Images (8)
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Antenna close up
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Dorsal view
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Elytra
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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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Elytral - pronotum tangent view
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More Information
- Author
- Walker, K.
- Created
- 15/05/2007 12:02 AEST
- Last Updated
- 08/10/2021 15:55 AEST
- Citation
- Walker, K. (2007) Olive bark beetle (Phloeotribus scarabaeoides) Updated on 10/8/2021 3:55:32 PM Available online: PaDIL - http://www.padil.gov.au.
- Image Use
- Free for use under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
