Hylurgopinus rufipes

Hylurgopinus rufipes, known as the native elm bark beetle, is a species of elm bark beetles in the tribe Hylesinini (crenulate bark beetles). It is found in Canada and the United States. It is of particular importance as a vector of Dutch elm disease. It is brownish-red in color and its size ranges from 2.34 mm to 2.9 mm.^[1]

Native elm bark beetle
imago and gallery pattern
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Curculionidae
Subfamily:	Scolytinae
Tribe:	Hylesinini
Genus:	Hylurgopinus
Species:	H. rufipes
Binomial name
Hylurgopinus rufipes (Eichhoff)[1]
Synonyms
Hylastes rufipes Eichhoff[2] Hylesinus opaculus LeConte[1][3]

Elm bark beetle trap on an elm tree

References

1. Kaston, BJ (1936). "The morphology of the elm bark beetle, Hylurgopinus rufipes (Eichhoff)". Connecticut Experimental Station, New Haven, Bulletin 387: 613–650.
2. Eichhoff, WJ (1868). "Neue amerikanische Borkenkäfer-Gattungen und Arten. (Teil II)". Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 12: 147 (Translated by EA Schwarz as: Echhhoff W. J. (1896), "Remarks on the synonymy of some North American scolytid beetles", Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 18: 605–610. Available at: https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/13430/USNMP-18_1085_1896.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y).
3. LeConte, JL (1868). "Appendix to the Synopsis of the Scolytidae of America north of Mexico". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. II: 170.