Dendroctonus
noun
Den·droc·to·nus
-ˈdräktənəs
: a genus of small bark beetles that are especially destructive to mature coniferous trees and that have a large prothorax, short clubbed elbowed antennae, serrated tibiae, and spiny elytra
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from dendr- + Greek ktonos murder; from their destructiveness