Bark and Ambrosia Beetles of

SYNONYMY

Taxonomic Comments.  Records shown here probably include some specimens of Xyleborus impressus and X. bispinatus. These species were removed from synonymy with X. ferrugineus by Rabaglia (2005) and Kirkendall and Jordal (2006), respectively, after many of these specimens were identified.

• Xyleborus ferrugineus (Fabricius 1801) Systema eleutheratorum Vol 2: 388
• Bostrichus ferrugineus Fabricius 1801. Systema eleutheratorum Vol 2: 388
• Xyleborus confusus Eichhoff 1868. Berl. Ent. Ztschr. 11: 401
• Xyleborus fuscatus Eichhoff 1868. Berl. Ent. Ztschr. 11: 400
• Xyleborus retusicollis Zimmermann 1868. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 2: 146
• Tomicus trypanaeoides Wollaston 1868. Coleop. Hesperidum: 114
• Xyleborus amplicollis Eichhoff 1869. Berl. Ent. Ztschr. 12 (3-4): 280
• Xyleborus insularis Sharp 1885. Trans. Roy. Dublin Soc. (2)3: 193
• Xyleborus tanganus Hagedorn 1910. Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1910: 8
• Xyleborus nyssae Hopkins 1915. U.S. Dep. Agric. Tech. Bull. (99): 66
• Xyleborus soltaui Hopkins 1915. U.S. Dep. Agric. Tech. Bull. (99): 66
• Xyleborus hopkinsi Beeson 1929. Insects of Samoa: 246
• Xyleborus argentinensis Schedl 1931. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10(8): 345
• Xyleborus rufopiceus Eggers 1932. Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 22: 303
• Xyleborus schedli Eggers 1934. Ent. Blatt. 30: 83
• Xyleborus nesianus Beeson 1940. Bishop Mus. Occ. Pap. 15: 200
• Xyleborus notatus Eggers 1941. Arb. Morph. Taxon. Ent. 8: 107
• Xyleborus subitus Schedl 1949. Rev Brasil. Biol. 9: 280

DISTRIBUTION.

Numbers in parentheses after each geographic unit are the number of distinct collection events in the database for that unit. For exotic species generally only countries are listed for localities outside the New World. For further information on published sources of distribution, check the REFERENCES section.

HOSTS

Numbers in parentheses after each host family, genus, or collection method are the number of distinct collection events in the database for that host or method.

Host Comments.  Polyphagous, known from a wide variety of hosts.

REFERENCES

The following are important recent monographs, catalogs, and supplements to catalogs that refer to this species. The specific page on which the reference is made is shown in pink at the end of the reference. In the case of Wood (1982) and Wood & Bright (1992) clicking on the reference page will link to a digital version of the work in question.

• Wood, S.L. 1982. The bark and ambrosia beetles of North and Central America (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), a taxonomic monograph. Great Basin Nat. Mem. 6:1-1356. [827]. (data capture complete)
• Wood, S.L., Bright,D.E. 1992. A catalog of Scolytidae and Platypodidae (Coleoptera), Part 2. Taxonomic Index. Great Basin Nat. Mem. 13:1-1553 (vol. A, B). [735]
• Wood, S.L. 2007. Bark and ambrosia beetles of South America (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). Monte L. Bean Sci. Mus.,Provo, Utah. 900 pp. [449]. (data capture complete)

The following are references from which host and distribution data have been input into the database. If one of the above monographs or catalogs also appears in this list, it means that most relevant collection event data have been included.

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2. Álvarez R., O.I.; Perez de la Cruz, M.; Geronimo T., J.C.; De la Cruz Perez, A.; Pozo S., C.O. 2025. Diversidad de Scolytinae y Platypodinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) asociados a un agroecosistema de cacao (Theobroma cacao) bajo sol y bajo sombra en Tabasco, México. Acta Zool. Mex. N. S. 41: 1-20.
3. Ángel R., M.; Ochoa A., S.; Fernández P., S.; Vásquez M., G.; Equihua Martinez, A.; Barrientos P., A.F.; Correa S., M.; Saucedo C., J.R. 2019. Identificación de escarabajos ambrosiales (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) asociados a árboles de aguacate en Michoacán, México. Folia Entomol. Mex. n.s. 5 (2): 80-88.
4. Anonymous, 2010. Michigan State University. SCAN: Symbiota Collections of Artropods Network. http://symbiota4.acis.ufl.edu/scan/portal/collections/misc/collprofiles.php?collid=76: -.
5. Atkinson, T.H. 2019. Escarabajos descortezadores y ambrosiales (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae, Platypodinae) de Sonora, México (Bark and Ambrosia Beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae, Platypodinae) of Sonora, México). Dugesiana 26(1): 41-49.
6. Atkinson, T.H.; Carrillo, D.; Duncan, R.E.; Peña, J.E. 2013. Occurrence of Xyleborus bispinatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) Eichhoff in southern Florida. Zootaxa 3669(1): 96-100.
7. Atkinson, T.H.; Martínez F., E, Saucedo C., E, Burgos S., A 1986. Scolytidae y Platypodidae (Coleoptera) asociados a selva baja caducifolia y comunidades derivadas en el estado de Morelos. Fol. Entomol. Mex. 69: 41-82.
8. Atkinson, T.H.; Riley, E.G. 2013. Atlas and Checklist of the bark and ambrosia beetles of Texas and Oklahoma (Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae). Insecta Mundi 292: 1-46.
9. Beal, J.A., Massey, C.L. 1945. Bark beetles and ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytoidea) with special reference to the species ocurring in North Carolina. Duke Univ. School of Forestry Bull. 10: 1-178.
10. Beaver, R.A.; Liu, L.Y. 2016. Ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae, Xyleborini) of New Caledonia, with descriptions of four new species. Entomol. Monthly Mag. 152: 21-32.
11. Blackburn, T.; Sharp, D. 1885. Memoirs on the Coleoptera of the Hawaiian Islands [Scolytidae, p. 192-194]. Trans. Roy. Dublin Soc. 2(3): 119-300.
12. Blackman, M.W. 1922. Mississippi Bark Beetles. Miss. Agric. Exp. Sta. Tech. Bull. 11: 1-130.
13. Bright, D.E. 1982. Scolytidae (Coleoptera) from the Cocos Islands, Costa Rica, with a description of one new species. Coleopt. Bull. 36(1): 127-130.
14. Bright, D.E., Skidmore, R.E. 2002. A Catalog of Scolytidae and Platypodidae (Coleoptera), Supplement 2 (1995-1999). NRC Research Press. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
15. Bright, D.E.; Skidmore, R.S. 1997. A Catalog of Scolytidae and Platypodidae (Coleoptera), Supplement 1 (1990-1994). A Catalog of Scolytidae and Platypodidae (Coleoptera), Supplement 1 (1990-1994): -.
16. Bright, D.E.; Torres, J.A. 2006. Studies on West Indian Scolytidae (Coleoptera) 4. A review of the Scolytidae of Puerto Rico, U.S.A. with descriptions of one new genus, fourteen new species and notes on new synonymy (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). Koleop. Runds. 76: 389-421.
17. Cancino L., R.J.; Acuña Soto, J.A.; Chaires Grijalva, M.P.; Armendariz T., F.; Valerio M., O.; Cuellar R., G.; Pérez Silva, M. 2026. Ambrosia Beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) Attracted to Necrotraps: Insights into Their Diversity in the Sierra Norte De Puebla, Mexico. Diversity 18 (264): 1-19.
18. Castorena P., A.E.; Equihua Martinez, A.; Jardel P., E.J.; Rivera C., L.E.; Guzman, R.C. 2020. Scolytinae y Platypodinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) de un bosque mixto de pino-latifoliadas de la Sierra de Manantlán, Jalisco, México. Dugesiana 27 (2): 83-90.
19. Cognato, A.I.; Bright, D.E. 1996. New records of bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) from Dominica, West Indies. Coleopterists Bull. 50 (1): 72.
20. Cognato, A.I.; Rubinoff, D. 2008. New Exotic Ambrosia Beetles Found in Hawaii (Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Xyleborina). Coleopterists Bull. 62(3): 421-424.
21. Córdoba, S.P.; Atkinson, T.H. 2018. New Records of Scolytinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from Argentina. Coleopterists Bull. 72 (2): 376-379.
22. Deyrup, M.A. 1981. Annotated list of Indiana Scolytidae (Coleoptera). Great Lakes Entomol. 14: 1-9.
23. Douglas, H.; Bouchard, P.; Anderson, R.S.; De Tonnancour, P.; Vigneault, R.; Webster, P. 2013. New Curculionoidea (Coleoptera) records for Canada. Zookeys 309: 14-38.
24. EDRR 2011. USFS Early Detection Rapid Response Database. http://www.fs.fed.us/invasivespecies/earlydetection.shtml/.
25. EDRR 2014. USFS Early Detection Rapid Response Database. http://www.fs.fed.us/invasivespecies/earlydetection.shtml/.
26. Equihua M., A. 1988. Coleópteros Scolytidae atraidos a trampas NTP-80 en el área norte de la reserva de la biósfera Sian Ka'an, Quintana Roo, México. Folia Entomol. Mex. 74: 179-180.
27. Equihua M., A. 1992. Coleópteros Scolytidae atraidos a trampas NTP-80 en Soconusco, Chiapas, México. Folia Entomol. Mex. 84: 55-66.
28. Geronimo T., J.C.; Pérez De La Cruz, M.; De la Cruz Perez, A.; Torres de la Cruz, M. 2015. Scolytinae y Platypodinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) asociados a manglares de Tabasco, México. Rev. Colomb. Entomol. 41(2): 257-261.
29. Gillett, C.P.D.T.; Elliott, C.; Rubinoff, D. 2019. Records of seven species of native and exotic bark beetles new to Pu’u Wa’awa’a Dry Forest Unit, Hawai‘i Island (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae). Frag. Entomol. 51(2): 233-240.
30. Gomez, D.; Hirigoyen, A.; Balmelli, G.; Viera, C.; Mártinez, G. 2017. Patterns in flight phenologies of bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytinae) in commercial pine tree plantations in Uruguay. Bosque 38(1).
31. Helm, C.; Molano-Flores, B. 2015. New Records of Native and Non-Native Bark and Ambrosia Beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in Illinois. Great Lakes Entomol. 48(3-4): 137-149.
32. Hopkins, A.D. 1915. Classification of the Cryphalinae with descriptions of new genera and species. USDA Ent. Comm. Report (99): 1-75.
33. Kendra, P. A.; Niogret, J.; Montgomery, W. S.; Sanchez, J.S.; Deyrup, M. A; Pruett, G.E.; Ploetz, R.C.; Epsky, N. D.; Heath, R. R. 2012. Temporal Analysis of Sesquiterpene Emissions From Manuka and Phoebe Oil Lures and Efficacy for Attraction of Xyleborus glabratus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) . J. Econ. Ent. 105(2): 659-669.
34. Knížek, M. 2011. Platypodinae, Scolytinae. in I. Löbl; A. Smetana, eds., Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 7. Apollo Books. pages 201=250.: 201-250.
35. Lázaro Dzul, M.O.; Equihua Martinez, A.; Romero Nápoles, J.; Gonzalez H., H.; Alvarado, D.; Macías Samaño, J.; Castañeda Vildóla, A.; Atkinson, T,H, 2020. Diversity of Scolytinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) at three Sites in the Central Avocado-Producing Region of Michoacán, Mexico. Coleopterists Bull. 74 (2): 454-462.
36. Martinez, M.; Cognato, A.I.; Guachambala, M.; Boivin, T. 2019. Bark and ambrosia beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) diversity in natural and plantation forests in Ecuador. Environ. Entomol. 48 (3): 603-613.
37. Oliver J.B., Mannion C.M. 2001. Ambrosia beetle (Coleoptera : Scolytidae) species attacking chestnut and captured in ethanol-baited traps in middle Tennessee. Environ. Entomol. 30(5): 909-918.
38. Osorio, J.A.; Chará, J. 2025. Bark and ambrosia beetle communities (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Platypodinae) across five mangrove forests in South Africa. J. Basic Appl. Zool. 86 (43): 1-13.
39. Pérez De La Cruz, M.; Equihua Martinez, A.; Romero Nápoles, J.; Sánchez Soto, S.; García López, E. 2009. Diversidad, fluctuación poblacional y plantas huésped de escolitinos (Coleoptera:Curculionidae) asociados con el agroecosistema cacao en Tabasco, México. Rev. Mex. Biodiv. 80: 779-791.
40. Pérez De La Cruz, M.; Hernández May, M.A.; De la Cruz Perez, A.; Sánchez Soto, S. 2016. Scolytinae y Platypodinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) de dos áreas de conservación en Tabasco, México. Rev. Biol. Trop. 64(1): 319-326.
41. Pérez De La Cruz,M.; Equihua Martínez,A.; Romero Nápoles,J.; Sánchez Soto,S.; García López,E.; Bravo Mojica,H. 2009. Escolítidos (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) Asociados al Agroecosistema Cacao en Tabasco, México. Neotrop. Entomol. 38(5): 602-609.
42. Perkins, R.C.L. 1900. Coleoptera Rhynchophora: Scolytidae. in Sharp, D., eds., Fauna Hawaiensis, Vol. 2, Part 3. Cambridge University Press. pages.: 173-182.
43. Quezada G., R.; Jiménez S., E.; Equihua Martinez, A.; Padilla R., J. 2014. Escolitinos y platypodinos (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) atraídos a trampas tipo NTP-80 en Zapotitlán de las Salimas, Puebla, México. Acta Zool. Mex. N. S. 30 (3): 625-636.
44. Rabaglia, R.J.; Dole, S.A.;Cognato, A.I. 2006. Review of American Xyleborina (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) Occurring North of Mexico, with an Illustrated Key. Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 99(6): 1034-1056.
45. Rabaglia, R.J.; Valenti, M.A. 2003. Annotated list of the bark and ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) of Delaware, with new distribution records. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 105(2): 312-319.
46. Reed,S.E.; Muzika,R.M. 2010. The Influence of Forest Stand and Site Characteristics on the Composition of Exotic Dominated Ambrosia Beetle Communities (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) . Environ. Entomol. 39(5): 1482-1491.
47. Roling, M.P., Kearby, W.H. 1975. Seasonal flight and vertical distribution of Scolytidae attracted to ethanol. Can. Entomol. 107: 1315-1320.
48. Smith, S.M.; Petrov, A.V.; Cognato, A.I. 2017. Beetles (Coleoptera) of Peru: A Survey of the Families. Curculionidae: Scolytinae. Coleopterists Bull. 71(1): 77-94.
49. University of Arizona Insect Collection 2016. SCAN: Symbiota Collections of Arthropods Network. http://symbiota4.acis.ufl.edu/scan/portal/collections/misc/collprofiles.php?collid=11.
50. Viloria, Z.; Villanueva, R.T.; Bessin, R.; O'Neal, P.; Ranger, C.M.; Dunwell, W. 2021. Scolytinae in Nursery and Fruit Crops of Western Kentucky and Seasonal Population Patterns of Four Invasive Ambrosia beetles. J. Entomol. Sci. 56 (3): 374-386.
51. Weber, B.C., MacPherson, J.E. 1991. Seasonal Flight Patterns Of Scolytidae (Coleoptera) In Black-Walnut Plantations In North-Carolina And Illinois. Coleopterists Bull. 45(1): 45-56.
52. Wood, S.L. 1961. New records and species of Scolytidae (Coleoptera) from Colombia. Great Basin Nat. 21(1): 1-7.
53. Wood, S.L. 1982. The bark and ambrosia beetles of North and Central America (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), a taxonomic monograph. Great Basin Nat. Mem. 6: 1-1356.
54. Wood, S.L. 2007. Bark and ambrosia beetles of South America (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). Monte L. Bean Science Museum. Provo, Utah: 1-900.
55. Wood, S.L.; Bright, D.E. 1992. A catalog of Scolytidae and Platypodidae (Coleoptera), Part 2. Taxonomic Index (Volumes A,B). Great Basin Nat. Mem. 13: 1-1553.

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No.	Collection data	Publication