genus scolytus

English Thesaurus

1. type genus of the Scolytidae comprising numerous small bark beetles (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	arthropod genus,
definition	:	a genus of arthropods (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	dutch-elm beetle, scolytus multistriatus,
definition	:	a vector of the fungus causing Dutch elm disease (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family ipidae, family scolytidae, ipidae, scolytidae,
definition	:	large family of bark-boring or wood-boring short-beaked beetles; very destructive to forest and fruit trees (noun.animal)