Xyleborus (beetle)
| Xyleborus | |
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| Xyleborus dryographus (female) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Subfamily: | Scolytinae |
| Tribe: | Xyleborini |
| Genus: | Xyleborus Eichhoff, 1864 |
| Species | |
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About 535, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Anaeretus Duges, 1887 Anisandrus Ferrari, 1867 Boroxylon Hopkins, 1915 Heteroborips Reitter, 1913 Mesoscolytus Broun, 1904 Notoxyleborus Schedl, 1934 Phloeotrogus Motschulsky, 1863 Progenius Blandford, 1896 Xyleborips Reitter, 1913 | |
With over 500 species, Xyleborus is by far the largest ambrosia beetle genus in the tribe Xyleborini.[1]
Xyloborus nowadays includes a number of formerly independent genera. In addition, the genera Coptoborus, Cryptoxyleborus and Euwallacea are often included here, too; this may be correct, as they seem to be closely related. Less often, Ambrosiodmus, Premnobius and Xyleborinus are included in Xyleborus, but they seem to be well distinct; Premnobius might even not belong to the Xyleborini at all.
The different species can be best differentiated by the gallery burrows they build and the tree species they infest. A significant member, X. dispar, causes pear blight.
Selected species[1]
- Xyleborus affinis Eichhoff, 1868
- Xyleborus atratus Eichhoff, 1875
- Xyleborus californicus Wood, 1975 - may belong in Cyclorhipidion
- Xyleborus celsus Eichhoff, 1868
- Xyleborus cryptographus (Ratzeburg, 1837)
- Xyleborus dispar (Fabricius, 1792)
- Xyleborus dryographus (Ratzeburg, 1837)
- Xyleborus eurygraphus (Ratzeburg, 1837)
- Xyleborus ferrugineus (Fabricius, 1801)
- Xyleborus glabratus Eichhoff, 1877
- Xyleborus horridus Eichhoff, 1869
- Xyleborus impressus Eichhoff, 1868
- Xyleborus intrusus Blandford, 1898
- Xyleborus inurbanus (Broun, 1880)
- Xyleborus monographus (Fabricius, 1792)
- Xyleborus obesus LeConte, 1868
- Xyleborus pelliculosus Eichhoff, 1878 - may belong in Cyclorhipidion
- Xyleborus perforans (Wollaston, 1857)
- Xyleborus pfeilii (Ratzeburg, 1837)
- Xyleborus planicollis Zimmermann, 1868
- Xyleborus pubescens Zimmermann, 1868
- Xyleborus sayi (Hopkins, 1915)
- Xyleborus similis Ferrari, 1867
- Xyleborus viduus Eichhoff, 1878
- Xyleborus volvulus (Fabricius, 1775)
- Xyleborus xylographus (Say, 1826)
Footnotes
References
- Michigan State University (MSU) (2004): PEET Xyleborini - Xyleborus species list. Retrieved 2008-JUL-08.