Xyleborus intrusus

Blandford, 1898

Xyleborus intrusus is a of bark beetle in the Curculionidae. It is native to and found in North America, with distribution extending to the Caribbean, Middle America, and British Columbia. As a member of the Xyleborus, it belongs to a group of ambrosia beetles known for cultivating symbiotic fungi in wood galleries. The species was described by Blandford in 1898.

Xyleborus (10.3897-zookeys.768.24697) Figure 16 by Gomez DF, Rabaglia RJ, Fairbanks KEO, Hulcr J (2018) North American Xyleborini north of Mexico: a review and key to genera and species (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae). ZooKeys 768: 19-68. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.768.24697. Used under a CC BY 4.0 license.

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How to pronounce Xyleborus intrusus: //zaɪˈlɛbərəs ɪnˈtruːsəs//

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Distribution

North America, Caribbean, Middle America, and British Columbia, Canada.

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Taxonomic Note

Xyleborus intrusus is classified as a 'typical bark beetle' in Curculionidae. The Xyleborus includes ambrosia beetles, which are characterized by their fungus-farming , though -specific confirmation of this trait for X. intrusus is not documented in available sources.

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