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Genus Xylosandrus

Scolytine - Xylosandrus germanus Alnus Ambrosia Beetle - Xylosandrus germanus Beetle - Xylosandrus germanus Scolytinae - Xylosandrus germanus Xylosandrus amputatus - female Xylosandrus germanus - female Coleoptera tiny - Xylosandrus crassiusculus Bark and Ambrosia Beetles (Scolytinae) - Xylosandrus crassiusculus
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 Xylosandrus
Explanation of Names
Xylosandrus Reitter 1913
Numbers
4 spp. (of which 3 adventive) in our area, >50 total(1)
Size
1.0–1.8 mm(1)
Range
worldwide, mostly tropical but some range into temperate areas; in our area, the native species in CA, the introduced in se. US (X. germanus widespread)(1)
Food
hosts: Acer, Ardesia, Calliandra, Carya, Cornus, Cupania, Fagus, Ficus, Fraxinus, Juglans, Myrica, Liriodendron, Phoradendron, Pinus, Prunus, Pyrus, Quercus, Serjania, Ulmus, Vitis(1)
Remarks
The exotic spp. are becoming very common, and sometimes aggressively attack apparently healthy small trees(2)
Internet References
Genus page(1)
Works Cited
1.Mercado J.E. (2011) Bark beetle genera of the United States
2.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.
Contributed by tom murray on 22 December, 2006 - 7:00am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 28 February, 2013 - 9:00pm

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