Xyleborus (beetle)
| Xyleborus | |
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| Xyleborus inurbanus (female) | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Subfamily: | Scolytinae |
| Tribe: | Xyleborini |
| Genus: | XyleborusEichhoff, 1864 |
| Species | |
About 535, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Xyleborus is by far the largest ambrosia beetlegenus in the tribeXyleborini, with over 500 species.[1]
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[1]
- Xyleborus affinisEichhoff, 1868
- Xyleborus atratusEichhoff, 1875
- Xyleborus californicusWood, 1975 - may belong in Cyclorhipidion
- Xyleborus celsusEichhoff, 1868
- Xyleborus cryptographus(Ratzeburg, 1837)
- Xyleborus dispar(Fabricius, 1792)
- Xyleborus dryographus(Ratzeburg, 1837)
- Xyleborus eurygraphus(Ratzeburg, 1837)
- Xyleborus ferrugineus(Fabricius, 1801)
- Xyleborus glabratusEichhoff, 1877
- Xyleborus horridusEichhoff, 1869
- Xyleborus impressusEichhoff, 1868
- Xyleborus intrususBlandford, 1898
- Xyleborus inurbanus(Broun, 1880)
- Xyleborus monographus(Fabricius, 1792)
- Xyleborus obesusLeConte, 1868
- Xyleborus pelliculosusEichhoff, 1878 - may belong in Cyclorhipidion
- Xyleborus perforans(Wollaston, 1857)
- Xyleborus pfeilii(Ratzeburg, 1837)
- Xyleborus planicollisZimmermann, 1868
- Xyleborus pubescensZimmermann, 1868
- Xyleborus sayi(Hopkins, 1915)
- Xyleborus similisFerrari, 1867
- Xyleborus viduusEichhoff, 1878
- Xyleborus volvulus(Fabricius, 1775)
- Xyleborus xylographus(Say, 1826)
See also
Footnotes
References
- Michigan State University (MSU) (2004): PEET Xyleborini - Xyleborus species list. Retrieved 2008-JUL-08.
