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European spruce bark beetle
Ips typographus (Linnaeus) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Ipini)

Status
Exotic (absent from Australia) High Impact Pest Species

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Caption: Specimen Locality Label: Bohemia occ. Plzen, Aug 1978, M. Knizak 2480QA

Source: Ken Walker Museum Victoria

Dark brown, body length 4-5mm, four spines on each side of elytral declivity, third is largest and is capitate; the elytral declivity surface is dull and finely punctate. The pronotum is covered with asperites on the anterior half. Viewed from above, erect yellow hairs protrude from the body perimeter and margins of the declivity. Males have a larger knob in the middle of the "face" than do females, and males have fewer (less dense) hairs on the pronotum than females.

PaDIL Links:
Southern pine beetle (Dendroctonus frontalis)
Engraver beetle (Ips acuminatus)
Eight-toothed spruce bark beetle (Ips amitinus)
Large larch bark beetle (Ips cembrae)
Double-spined bark beetle (Ips duplicatus)
Eastern Five-Spined Engraver (Ips grandicollis)
European pine engraver (Ips mannsfeldi)
Six-spined engraver beetle (Ips sexdentatus)
bark beetles (Pityophthorus lichtensteinii)
bark beetles (Pityophthorus pityographus)
Monterey pine ips (Pseudips mexicanus)

Specimen contact point: AQIS - Brisbane

Citation: Walker, K. (2007) European spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) Pest and Diseases Image Library. Updated on 12/19/2007 4:57:07 PM. Available online: https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090116075112/http://www.padil.gov.au

Created Date: 6/1/2005 5:06:39 PM

Last Updated: 12/19/2007 4:57:07 PM

Diagnostic Images
Elytra	Head Front	Head Side	Pronotum
Thorax Side
Overview Images
Dorsal	Lateral	Posterior
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Elytral teeth