Subtribe Pityophthorina Eichhoff 1878 (bark beetle)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Alternative spelling: Pityophthoridae
Full reference: W. J. Eichhoff. 1878. Ratio, descriptio, emendatio eorum Tomicinorum qui sunt in Dr medic. Chapuisii et autoris ipsius collectionibus et quos praeterea recognovit. Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège, Deuxième Série 8:1-531
Parent taxon: Corthylini according to P. Bouchard et al. 2011
See also Wood and Bright 1992
Sister taxa: Corthylina, Corthylites, Paleophthorus
Subtaxa: Conophthorus Pityophthorus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), United States (13: Colorado, Pennsylvania, Washington, Wisconsin)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
Total: 15 collections including 20 occurrences