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Xyleborus (beetle)

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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 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)

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