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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Curculionoidea » Snout and Bark Beetles (Curculionidae) » Bark and Ambrosia Beetles (Scolytinae) » Xyleborini » Xyleborinus

Genus Xyleborinus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Internet References · Works Cited
tiny black beetle with mites - Xyleborinus saxesenii Xyleborinus sp., posterior view - Xyleborinus saxesenii Bark beetle- Xyleborus? - Xyleborinus attenuatus bark beetle - Xyleborinus saxesenii Scolytin - Xyleborinus attenuatus Tiny tiny beetle - Xyleborinus attenuatus Scolytidae sp. - Xyleborinus saxesenii Scolytine beetle - Xyleborinus saxesenii
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Cucujiformia)
Superfamily Curculionoidea
Family Curculionidae (Snout and Bark Beetles)
Subfamily Scolytinae (Bark and Ambrosia Beetles)
Tribe Xyleborini
Genus Xyleborinus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
was often treated as a subgenus or synonym of Xyleborus(1)
Explanation of Names
Xyleborinus Reitter 1913
Numbers
5 spp. (of which 3 adventive) in our area, ~80 total(2)
Size
males dwarfed and flightless, females 1.4–3.5 mm(3)
Identification
key to spp. in (2)
also helpful is key to entire tribe in (4)

distinguished from other Xyleborini genera by the projecting, conical scutellum as seen below
Range
worldwide & across NA(1)(3)
Food
attack limbs & boles of weakened trees(1)
Life Cycle
The galleries extend directly into the wood to a depth of 12-18mm then branch.(5)
Internet References
Genus page(3)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
2.First records of Xyleborinus octiesdentatus (Murayama) (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae) from North America
Rabaglia R.J., Knížek M.,Johnson W. 2010. Zookeys 56: 219–226.
3.Mercado J.E. (2011) Bark beetle genera of the United States
4.North American Xyleborini north of Mexico: a review and key to genera and species (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae)
Demian F. Gomez, Robert J. Rabaglia, Katherine E. O. Fairbanks, Jiri Hulcr. 2018. ZooKeys 768: 19-68.
5.Eastern Forest Insects
Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.
Contributed by v belov on 7 May, 2010 - 3:49pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, mfdigiro, Marci Hess
Last updated 3 August, 2023 - 3:31pm

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