Species Ambrosiophilus atratus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

Bark/Ambrosia Beetle? - Ambrosiophilus atratus

Curculionoidea – Snout and Bark Beetles – Curculionidae – Bark and Ambrosia Beetles – Scolytinae – Xyleborini - Ambrosiophilus atratus

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 Ambrosiophilus

Species atratus (Ambrosiophilus atratus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Xyleborus atratus Eichhoff 1875

Explanation of Names

Ambrosiophilus atratus (Eichhoff)

Range

native to Asia, adventive in NA (NS-FL to ON-KS-TX)(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)

Food

In Asia, reported from both conifers and hardwoods(4)

Remarks

earliest record in our area: TN 1988(6); no published reports of hosts or damage in the US as of 2005(4)

Internet References

species page(7)

Works Cited

1.	Hulcr J., Smith S. (2010) Xyleborini ambrosia beetles: an identification tool to the world genera

2.	Atkinson T.H. (200_‒2023) Bark and ambrosia beetles of the Americas

3.	Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.

4.	Exotic bark- and wood-boring Coleoptera in the United States: recent establishments and interceptions Haack R.A. 2006. Can. J. For. Res. 36(2): 269–288.

5.	Review of American Xyleborina (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) occuring north of Mexico, with an illustrated key Rabaglia, R.J., S.A. Dole, and A.I. Cognato. 2006. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 99(6): 1034-1056.

6.	Exotic bark and ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in the United States: potential and current invaders Haack R.A., Rabaglia R.J. 2013. In: Potential invasive pests of agricultural crops. Peña J.E., ed. CABI International, Wallingford, UK, pp. 48‒74.

7.	Bark and Ambrosia Beetles

Contributed by v belov on 3 February, 2012 - 4:44pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn
Last updated 10 August, 2021 - 11:06am

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