Xyloterini

Galleries within wood of host trees; primarily associated with oak species including black oak

Documented from North America (Xyloterinus politus) and Southeast Asia including Vietnam (Indocryphalus species)

Ambrosia fungus cultivation; adult beetles and larvae feed on symbiotic fungi grown within wood galleries rather than wood tissue itself

• black oak - host treeattacked by Xyloterinus politus
• oak - host treeprimary host genus for tribe members

Egg, larva, pupa, adult development occurs within wood galleries; larvae feed on ambrosia fungus cultivated by adults

Excavates galleries in wood; cultivates ambrosia fungi on gallery walls for larval nutrition; exhibits fungal-beetle mutualism

Primary decomposer of dead or stressed wood; vector for ambrosia fungi and associated yeasts; contributes to nutrient cycling in forest ecosystems

Some species attack living or stressed trees causing economic damage; Xyloterinus politus is a pest of black oak; associated yeasts have been isolated from aircraft fuel systems indicating potential for human-mediated dispersal

• other Scolytinae tribesXyloterini is distinguished by ambrosia-feeding behavior and gallery construction; other Scolytinae include bark beetles that feed directly on phloem rather than cultivated fungi
• PlatypodinaeAlso ambrosia beetles but in separate subfamily; distinguished by morphological characters and different fungal associations

• ambrosia beetle
• fungal mutualism
• wood-boring
• Curculionidae
• Scolytinae
• forest pest

• BugGuide
• iNaturalist taxon
• Catalogue of Life
• Cladistic analysis of Indocryphalus Eggers (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Xyloterini) and description of a new species from Vietnam
• Yeasts associated with the curculionid beetle Xyloterinus politus: Candida xyloterini sp. nov., Candida palmyrensis sp. nov. and three common ambrosia yeasts
• Mechanistic study of aluminum alloy corrosion under the interaction of Embellisia sp. and Candida xyloterini.