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The Greater European Spruce Beetle

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Dynamics of Forest Insect Populations

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The greater European spruce bark beetle, Dendroctonus micans (Kugelann) (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), is, with the Chinese species Dendroctonus armandi Tsai and Li, the only palaearctic representative of its genus. It appears to have moved to Eurasia in relatively recent times, and its closest relative is the Alaskan D. punctatus LeConte, the two species being doubtfully distinct.79

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