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0284054 pinhole borer Platypus spp. Damage Ronald F. Billings	4798001 pinhole borer Platypus spp. Damage David J. Moorhead	1238079 pinhole borer Platypus spp. Damage Randy Cyr	2721092 pinhole borer Platypus spp. Damage Andrew J. Boone
1411020 pinhole borer Platypus spp. Damage James Denny Ward	0284055 pinhole borer Platypus spp. Damage USDA Forest Service Archive	1241488 pinhole borer Platypus spp. Galleries Ladd Livingston	3066019 pinhole borer Platypus spp. Damage James Solomon
3066021 pinhole borer Platypus spp. Galleries James Solomon	5388181 pinhole borer Platypus spp. Sign William Fountain	5388182 pinhole borer Platypus spp. Sign William Fountain	5388183 pinhole borer Platypus spp. Sign William Fountain

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Subphylum: Atelocerata

Class: Hexapoda (including Insecta)

Infraclass: Neoptera

Subclass: Pterygota

Order: Coleoptera

Suborder: Polyphaga

Superfamily: Curculionoidea

Family: Curculionidae

Subfamily: Platypodinae

Tribe: Platypodini

Genus: Platypus

Other Common Names:
ambrosia beetle

Related Scientific Names:

Polyporus schweinitzii Fr.

(Synonym)

Common Name Reference:	Triplehorn, C. and Johnson, N. 2004. Borror and Delong's Introduction to the Study of Insects 7th ed.
Scientific Name Reference:	R.W. Poole and P. Gentili, Nomina Insecta Nearctica. 1996. Nomina insecta nearctica: a checklist of the insects of North America. Vol. 1-4. Rockville (MD): Entomological Information Services. Available at URL: http://www.nearctica.com/nomina/main.htm