• Source: Xyleborus (beetle)

Xyleborus is by far the largest ambrosia beetle genus in the tribe Xyleborini, with over 500 species.
Xyleborus 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



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)




See also


List of Xyleborus species




Footnotes






References


Michigan State University (MSU) (2004): PEET Xyleborini - Xyleborus species list. Retrieved 2008-JUL-08.

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Xyleborus (beetle)
• Xyleborus
• Xyleborus pubescens
• Bark beetle
• Xyleborus affinis
• Xyleborus xylographus
• Ambrosia beetle
• Xyleborus glabratus
• Xyleborus spinulosus
• Xyleborus ferrugineus