Dendroctonus

Dendroctonus is a genus of bark beetles. It includes several species notorious for destroying trees in the forests of North America. The genus has a symbiotic relationship with many different yeasts, particularly those in the genera Candida and Pichia that aid in digestion and pheromone production.



Species include:
 * Dendroctonus adjunctus - roundheaded pine beetle
 * Dendroctonus approximatus - Mexican pine beetle
 * Dendroctonus armandi - Chinese white pine beetle
 * Dendroctonus barberi - southwestern pine beetle
 * Dendroctonus brevicomis - western pine beetle
 * Dendroctonus frontalis - southern pine beetle
 * Dendroctonus jeffreyi - Jeffrey pine beetle
 * Dendroctonus mesoamericanus - Mesoamerican pine beetle
 * Dendroctonus mexicanus - smaller Mexican pine beetle
 * Dendroctonus micans - great spruce bark beetle
 * Dendroctonus murrayanae - lodgepole pine beetle
 * Dendroctonus parallelocollis - larger Mexican pine beetle
 * Dendroctonus ponderosae - mountain pine beetle
 * Dendroctonus pseudotsugae - Douglas-fir beetle
 * Dendroctonus punctatus - Allegheny spruce beetle
 * Dendroctonus rufipennis - spruce beetle
 * Dendroctonus rhizophagus - TBD
 * Dendroctonus simplex - eastern larch beetle
 * Dendroctonus terebrans - black turpentine beetle
 * Dendroctonus valens - red turpentine beetle
 * Dendroctonus vitei