Wood-boring-beetle

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Scolytus quadrispinosus
Hickory Bark Beetle
Scolytus quadrispinosus, commonly known as the hickory bark beetle, is a bark beetle species in the family Curculionidae. It is native to North America and has been documented in Canada (Ontario, Québec) and the United States. The species is associated with hickory and related host trees. Its dispersal flight behavior has been studied in relation to host specificity, with individuals attracted to host material during flight.
bark-beetle Curculionidae North-America hickory forest-pest wood-boring-beetle
Semanotus
Semanotus is a genus of longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae) described by Étienne Mulsant in 1839. Species within this genus are primarily wood-boring pests of coniferous trees, with documented associations including juniper, fir, cedar, cryptomeria, and cypress. Several species cause significant economic damage to timber and ornamental plantings. The genus has a broad distribution spanning North America, Europe, Asia, and North Africa, with at least 19 recognized species.
Cerambycidae wood-boring-beetle conifer-pest forest-entomology phytophagous bark-borer juniper fir cedar cryptomeria biological-control Sclerodermus
Semanotus amplus
Semanotus amplus is a species of longhorned beetle (family Cerambycidae) in the tribe Callidiini. It is a wood-boring beetle associated with coniferous hosts, particularly junipers. The species was described by Casey in 1912 and is known from western North America. Field observations indicate it infests living or recently dead wood, with larvae creating galleries in the sapwood. Adults have been encountered at night on host tree trunks.
Cerambycidae Callidiini wood-boring-beetle Juniperus conifer nocturnal western-North-America Semanotus Coleoptera longhorned-beetle
Semanotus conformis
Semanotus conformis is a species of longhorned beetle (family Cerambycidae) in the tribe Callidiini, described by Casey in 1924. It belongs to a genus of wood-boring beetles that infest conifers, particularly junipers and related Cupressaceae. The species is poorly documented in the available literature, with minimal published information on its biology, distribution, and host associations. Available records suggest it occurs in the western United States.
Cerambycidae Callidiini wood-boring-beetle juniper conifer western-North-America data-deficient
Semanotus juniperi
Semanotus juniperi is a rare longhorned beetle (family Cerambycidae) in the tribe Callidiini. It was described by Fisher in 1915 and was long considered endemic to the Santa Catalina Mountains in Arizona. Recent field observations have documented the species in additional locations in northern Arizona and southern Nevada, where it develops in large limbs of Utah juniper (Juniperus osteosperma). Adults are large, black beetles that are rarely encountered alive; most records come from rearing larvae from infested wood or from dead adults found in emergence holes.
Cerambycidae Callidiini juniper wood-boring-beetle rare-species Southwestern-US-fauna
Semanotus ligneus
Cedar Tree Borer
Semanotus ligneus is a species of longhorned beetle in the family Cerambycidae, commonly known as the Cedar Tree Borer. It is native to North America and has been recorded from multiple Canadian provinces including Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Ontario. The species belongs to the tribe Callidiini, which includes many wood-boring beetles associated with coniferous trees.
Cerambycidae Callidiini wood-boring-beetle North-America conifer-associate
Sinoxylon ceratoniae
horned powder-post beetle
Sinoxylon ceratoniae is a species of horned powder-post beetle in the family Bostrichidae. It is distributed across Africa, Europe, and Northern Asia (excluding China). The species belongs to a group of wood-boring beetles known for their ability to damage seasoned timber and wooden products. As a member of the genus Sinoxylon, it possesses characteristic horn-like projections on the pronotum.
wood-boring-beetle powder-post-beetle pest Palearctic Afrotropical
Spectralia gracilipes
Spectralia gracilipes is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. It was originally described as Dicerca gracilipes by Melsheimer in 1845. The species occurs in North America, with records from the northeastern United States and Canada. It has been collected from Cerceris fumipennis wasp provisioning sites, indicating it is preyed upon by this crabronid wasp.
Buprestidae jewel-beetle wood-boring-beetle North-America Cerceris-fumipennis-prey
Spectralia robusta
Spectralia robusta is a metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. The species is known from North America, with records from Texas. It develops in living or partially living branches of its host plant, with adults emerging through distinct exit holes. The species has been reared from collected host material rather than observed as free-living adults.
Buprestidae wood-boring-beetle Diospyros Texas host-specific rarely-observed-adult reared-from-wood
Stenosphenus beyeri
Stenosphenus beyeri is a longhorned beetle in the family Cerambycidae, described by Schaeffer in 1905. It belongs to the tribe Elaphidiini, a group of primarily wood-boring beetles. The genus Stenosphenus contains multiple North American species associated with hardwood trees. Available records indicate this species occurs in the southwestern United States.
Cerambycidae Coleoptera Elaphidiini wood-boring-beetle Southwestern-US-fauna montane-species
Stenosphenus sobrius
Stenosphenus sobrius is a species of longhorned beetle in the family Cerambycidae, described by Newman in 1840. Adults have been observed on fresh wind-thrown branches of palo verde (Cercidium floridum) in the San Lucan xeric scrub of Baja California Sur, Mexico. The species appears to be associated with woody legume hosts and has a distribution spanning Middle America and North America.
Cerambycidae Cerambycinae Elaphidiini longhorned-beetle wood-boring-beetle xeric-scrub palo-verde Baja-California phoresy Cercidium-floridum
Stephanopachys asperulus
horned powder-post beetle
Stephanopachys asperulus is a small beetle in the family Bostrichidae, commonly referred to as a horned powder-post beetle. It is native to North America. As a member of the Bostrichidae family, it is associated with wood-boring habits, though specific ecological details for this species remain limited in published literature.
Coleoptera Bostrichidae wood-boring-beetle North-America powder-post-beetle
Stephanopachys rugosus
horned powder-post beetle
Stephanopachys rugosus is a species of horned powder-post beetle in the family Bostrichidae. The species has been documented across three continents: Africa, Australia, and North America. It is one of approximately 20 species in the genus Stephanopachys, which are characterized by their association with wood-boring habits typical of the Bostrichidae family.
powder-post-beetle wood-boring-beetle cosmopolitan-distribution
Stephanopachys substriatus
powder-post beetle, Pine Powderpost Beetle
Stephanopachys substriatus is a species of horned powder-post beetle in the family Bostrichidae. It has a Holarctic distribution, occurring in Europe, Northern Asia (excluding China), and North America. The species is commonly known as the powder-post beetle or Pine Powderpost Beetle, reflecting its association with coniferous wood degradation.
powder-post-beetle wood-boring-beetle conifer-pest Bostrichidae Holarctic forest-insect timber-pest
Stichtoptychus
Stichtoptychus is a genus of small beetles in the family Ptinidae (formerly included in Anobiidae). The genus was established by Fall in 1905 and contains approximately 13 described species. These beetles belong to the group commonly known as deathwatch beetles or furniture beetles, though specific ecological details for this genus remain poorly documented.
beetle Ptinidae deathwatch-beetle North-America wood-boring-beetle
Stromatium longicorne
Stromatium longicorne is a longhorn beetle in the family Cerambycidae, described by Newman in 1842. It belongs to the tribe Hesperophanini and has been recorded across multiple continents including North America, Oceania, and Southern Asia. The species is relatively well-documented with over 400 observations on iNaturalist. As a member of the genus Stromatium, it is associated with wood-boring habits typical of this group.
Cerambycidae longhorn-beetle wood-boring-beetle Hesperophanini
Taphrocerus gracilis
Taphrocerus gracilis is a small metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. The species has been studied in Missouri for its host plant associations and life history. Its biology is closely tied to specific plant hosts, with documented relationships to certain monocot species.
Buprestidae jewel-beetle wood-boring-beetle North-America Missouri riparian wetland
Tetropium abietis
Round-headed Fir Borer
Tetropium abietis is a longhorn beetle species in the family Cerambycidae, described by Fall in 1912. The common name "Round-headed Fir Borer" suggests an association with fir trees (genus Abies). It is a North American species with distribution records from Canada (British Columbia) and the United States. Like other members of the genus Tetropium, it is likely a wood-boring beetle whose larvae develop in coniferous trees.
Cerambycidae Tetropium wood-boring-beetle conifer-associated North-America British-Columbia United-States
Tetropium parvulum
Northern Spruce Borer
Tetropium parvulum, the northern spruce borer, is a small cerambycid beetle specialized on spruce hosts. It was elevated from synonymy with T. cinnamopterum based on distinct morphological differences in larvae and adults, and exhibits strict host specificity to Picea compared to the conifer generalist T. cinnamopterum. The species has a one-year life cycle and is an economically important borer of white and Engelmann spruce logs in western Canada.
Cerambycidae spruce-borer wood-boring-beetle forest-pest western-Canada conifer-specialist Tetropium Picea economic-pest one-year-life-cycle Tetropium-parvulum Northern-Spruce-Borer Tetropium-cinnamopterum-complex morphological-diagnosis strict-host-specificity Tetropium-alaskanum-synonym Rhimphoctona-alaskensis-parasitoid spruce-log-pest Alberta-forestry boreal-forest-insect phloem-feeder cambium-borer L-shaped-galleries early-summer-emergence woodpecker-predation disease-mortality excess-heat-mortality Tetropium-velutinum-comparison lectotype-designation Tetropium-parallelum Tetropium-schwarzianum coniferous-forest-decomposer primary-borer Tetropium-taxonomy Casey-1891 Canadian-Entomologist economic-entomology forest-health timber-pest spruce-regeneration Picea-glauca-pest Picea-engelmannii-pest western-Canadian-distribution North-American-Cerambycidae Tetropium-morphology larval-urogomphi adult-genitalia pronotal-punctation eye-morphology scutellum-structure 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Texania campestris
Hardwood Heartwood Buprestid
Texania campestris is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. The common name "hardwood heartwood buprestid" reflects its association with hardwood trees and its larval development within heartwood tissue. It is distributed across North America, with records from the United States and Canada. The species is notable for its large size among buprestids and its role as a host for predatory fly larvae.
wood-boring-beetle hardwood-associate heartwood-borer North-American-endemic
Texania fulleri
Texania fulleri is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. The species is known from North America, with confirmed records from western Texas. Larvae have been documented developing in the sapwood of dead Celtis laevigata (sugarberry). Adults likely emerge from host wood, though specific adult activity patterns remain poorly documented.
Buprestidae wood-boring-beetle Celtis sapwood-borer Texas Nearctic
Trachykele blondeli
western cedar borer, powder worm beetle, western red cedar borer
Trachykele blondeli is a metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae, known by common names including western cedar borer and powder worm beetle. Studies conducted in British Columbia from 1926–1930 documented its biology using caged red cedar trees to track larval development and adult emergence. The species is associated with Thuja plicata (western red cedar) as its primary host.
Buprestidae wood-boring-beetle western-red-cedar Thuja-plicata Pacific-Northwest British-Columbia larval-development caging-study
Tragosoma
Tragosoma is a genus of large saproxylic longhorn beetles in the subfamily Prioninae, distributed across the Holarctic region. The genus includes approximately six described species, with Tragosoma depsarium being the most widely studied and the type species. These beetles are obligate deadwood specialists whose larvae develop in the sapwood of conifers, particularly pines. Adults are notable for their robust, somewhat flattened bodies and relatively short antennae compared to other cerambycids. Several species are of conservation concern due to their dependence on specific deadwood microhabitats threatened by modern forestry practices.
Cerambycidae Prioninae Meroscelisini saproxylic coniferous-forest deadwood conservation Holarctic boreal-forest alpine-forest microclimate old-growth-indicator threatened-species wood-boring-beetle Pinus Picea
Tragosoma pilosicorne
Tragosoma pilosicorne is a species of long-horned beetle in the family Cerambycidae, first described by Casey in 1890. It is native to North America and belongs to the subfamily Prioninae, a group of large, robust cerambycids often associated with coniferous wood. The genus Tragosoma includes species with distinctive morphological features and ecological associations with dead or decaying wood in forested habitats.
Cerambycidae Prioninae Meroscelisini wood-boring-beetle conifer-associated North-America nocturnal trap-attracted
Tragosoma soror
Tragosoma soror is a species of longhorned beetle in the family Cerambycidae, subfamily Prioninae, described by Laplante in 2017. It belongs to a genus containing other large, wood-boring beetles. The species is known from very few records, with only a single observation documented on iNaturalist. Like other members of Tragosoma, it likely develops in coniferous wood, though specific biological details remain undocumented in the available literature.
Cerambycidae Prioninae wood-boring-beetle conifer-associate rare-species 2017-description western-North-America Tragosoma Meroscelisini Coleoptera Holarctic-genus limited-data single-observation
Tragosoma spiculum
Tragosoma spiculum is a long-horned beetle in the family Cerambycidae, subfamily Prioninae. The species is found in North America, with records from western Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba) and the western United States. Like other members of the genus Tragosoma, it is a wood-boring beetle associated with coniferous forests. The species is attracted to sweet red wine-baited jug traps, suggesting adult feeding on fermenting sap or other sugar sources.
Cerambycidae Prioninae wood-boring-beetle conifer-associate western-North-America nocturnal saproxylic
Treptoplatypus
Treptoplatypus is a genus of ambrosia beetles (pinhole borers) in the family Curculionidae, subfamily Platypodinae. The genus comprises more than 20 described species, including the rare European species T. oxyurus, which forms obligate nutritional symbioses with ambrosia fungi cultivated within wood galleries. Members of this genus are wood-boring insects that colonize dead or dying trees, with some species showing specialized host associations.
ambrosia-beetle pinhole-borer wood-boring-beetle fungal-symbiosis Platypodinae conifer-specialist natural-forest-dependent
Treptoplatypus abietis
Treptoplatypus abietis is a species of weevil in the family Curculionidae, described by Bright & Skidmore in 2002. The genus Treptoplatypus contains ambrosia beetles that bore into wood. The specific epithet "abietis" suggests an association with fir trees (genus Abies). The species is provisionally accepted in taxonomic databases with limited published information available.
Curculionidae Scolytinae ambrosia-beetle wood-boring-beetle Coleoptera
Trichocnemis spiculatus
Spined Woodborer, Pine Sawyer, Western Pine Sawyer, Ponderosa Pine Borer
Trichocnemis spiculatus is a large wood-boring beetle in the family Cerambycidae, native to western North America. It is notable as the largest wood-boring beetle species in Colorado and has served as inspiration for technological innovation—its opposable mandibles inspired the design of modern chainsaw chains with alternating right and left cutting teeth. The species develops in dead and dying conifers, primarily ponderosa pine and Douglas fir, with a multi-year life cycle. Larvae create extensive tunnel systems through sapwood and heartwood.
wood-boring-beetle biomimicry forest-ecology conifer-specialist industrial-inspiration western-North-America prioninae longhorn-beetle decomposer
Trichodesma cristata
death-watch beetle
Trichodesma cristata is a species of death-watch beetle in the family Ptinidae. It is a small beetle found in North America, with records from British Columbia, Canada. The species was described by Thomas Lincoln Casey Jr. in 1890. Like other members of the family Ptinidae, it is associated with wood-boring habits.
Coleoptera Ptinidae death-watch-beetle North-America wood-boring-beetle Bostrichiformia
Tricorynus punctatus
Tricorynus punctatus is a small beetle species in the family Ptinidae (formerly often placed in Anobiidae). The species was described by John Lawrence LeConte in 1865. It is native to North America. The genus Tricorynus comprises beetles commonly associated with stored products and wood-boring habits, though species-specific natural history for T. punctatus remains poorly documented.
Coleoptera Ptinidae North-America stored-product-beetle wood-boring-beetle LeConte-1865
Trypodendron retusum
Trypodendron retusum is a small ambrosia beetle in the subfamily Scolytinae, described by Wood & Bright in 1992. The species belongs to the genus Trypodendron, a group of wood-boring beetles that cultivate fungal gardens in their galleries. It occurs in boreal and temperate forests of North America, with records from Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, and New Brunswick in Canada. Like other Trypodendron species, it is presumed to be an ambrosia beetle that feeds on fungal symbionts rather than wood tissue, though specific details of its biology remain poorly documented.
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Trypodendron scabricolle
Trypodendron scabricolle is a bark beetle in the weevil family Curculionidae, subfamily Scolytinae. It belongs to the tribe Xyleborini, a group of ambrosia beetles that cultivate fungal gardens in wood. The genus Trypodendron comprises small to medium-sized ambrosia beetles that tunnel into the wood of dead or dying trees. This species, like other members of its genus, is associated with fungal symbiosis rather than direct phloem feeding.
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Trypophloeus nitidus
Trypophloeus nitidus is a species of bark beetle in the weevil family Curculionidae, described by J.M. Swaine in 1912. The genus Trypophloeus comprises bark beetles that tunnel beneath bark of woody plants. As a member of this genus, T. nitidus is associated with coniferous hosts. The species was synonymized under Phymatodes mojavensis by some authors, but Phymatodes mojavensis was subsequently synonymized under Phymatodes nitidus in a 2010 nomenclatural revision by Swift and Ray, which affects the broader taxonomic context of this species. The species is provisionally accepted in current taxonomic databases.
Coleoptera Curculionidae bark-beetle conifer forest-pest wood-boring-beetle
Tylosis puncticollis
Tylosis puncticollis is a species of longhorned beetle (family Cerambycidae) described by Henry Walter Bates in 1885. It belongs to the tribe Trachyderini, a group of robust, often colorful cerambycids commonly known as trachyderines. The genus Tylosis is restricted to the Americas, with species distributed from the southwestern United States through Mexico. Like other members of its genus, T. puncticollis likely exhibits the characteristic elongated body form and long antennae typical of cerambycids, though specific morphological details distinguishing it from congeners require close examination.
Cerambycidae Trachyderini longhorned-beetle wood-boring-beetle Nearctic Mexico Arizona oak-associated
Urgleptes celtis
Urgleptes celtis is a species of longhorn beetle (family Cerambycidae) described by Schaeffer in 1905. The specific epithet 'celtis' suggests an association with hackberry trees (genus Celtis), though direct host records for this species are limited. It belongs to the tribe Acanthocinini within the subfamily Lamiinae. The genus Urgleptes comprises small to medium-sized longhorn beetles, many of which are associated with dead or dying wood of various hardwood trees.
Cerambycidae Lamiinae Acanthocinini Celtis longhorn-beetle wood-boring-beetle North-America
Vandykea tuberculata
Serpentine Cypress Long-horned Beetle
Vandykea tuberculata is a species of longhorn beetle (family Cerambycidae) and the sole representative of its genus. It was described by Linsley in 1932 and is known from serpentine cypress habitats in western North America. The species is classified in the subfamily Cerambycinae and tribe Oemini.
Cerambycidae Cerambycinae Oemini monotypic-genus serpentine-habitat western-North-America longhorn-beetle wood-boring-beetle
Xenomelanophila miranda
Xenomelanophila miranda is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae, originally described by John Lawrence LeConte in 1854 as Phaenops miranda. The species belongs to a small genus of buprestid beetles and has been recorded from North America and Middle America. Like other members of Buprestidae, adults are characterized by their metallic coloration and elongated, somewhat flattened bodies adapted for living under bark.
Coleoptera Buprestidae wood-boring-beetle metallic-beetle North-America Middle-America
Xenorhipis hidalgoensis
Xenorhipis hidalgoensis is a small metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae, notable for extreme sexual dimorphism in antennal structure. Males possess highly modified flabellate (comb-like) antennae with expanded distal segments covered in olfactory sensillae, while females retain typical serrate antennae. The species was first described from Hidalgo County, Texas, and is among the least frequently encountered buprestids in North America.
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Xenorhipis osborni
Xenorhipis osborni is a metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae, tribe Xenorhipidini. It is native to west Texas and adjacent regions of North America. The species exhibits pronounced sexual dimorphism in antennae, with males possessing highly modified flabellate antennae bearing numerous olfactory sensillae, presumably for detecting female sex pheromones. Larval development occurs in dead branches of acacia species (Fabaceae), particularly black acacia (Vachellia rigidula) and catclaw acacia (Senegalia greggii).
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Xeranobium
death-watch beetles
Xeranobium is a genus of death-watch beetles in the family Ptinidae, established by Fall in 1905. The genus contains approximately 13 described species. Death-watch beetles (family Ptinidae) are wood-boring beetles known for the distinctive tapping sounds produced by males to attract mates. Members of Xeranobium share the general characteristics of this group, though species-level details remain limited in available literature.
death-watch-beetle wood-boring-beetle Ptinidae North-American-beetles
Xestobium affine
Xestobium affine is a small beetle species in the family Ptinidae (formerly Anobiidae), described by John Lawrence LeConte in 1874. It is found in North America, with records from Alaska, British Columbia, and other parts of the continent. The species belongs to a genus that includes several wood-boring beetles, though specific details about its biology and ecology remain poorly documented in the available literature.
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Xestobium rufovillosum
Deathwatch Beetle
Xestobium rufovillosum, commonly known as the deathwatch beetle, is a wood-boring beetle native to Europe that has been introduced to North America. The species is notorious for infesting structural timbers in historic buildings, particularly oak. Adults produce a distinctive rhythmic tapping sound by striking their heads against wood, which functions as a mating signal. The beetle requires wood that has been partially decayed by fungi and cannot attack sound, dry timber.
wood-boring-beetle historic-building-pest oak-specialist fungal-decay-associate acoustic-communication
Xyleborinus gracilis
Xyleborinus gracilis is a species of ambrosia beetle in the family Curculionidae, subfamily Scolytinae. It was described by Wood & Bright in 1992. As a member of the ambrosia beetle tribe Xyleborini, it engages in fungus-farming behavior, excavating galleries in wood and cultivating symbiotic fungi as a food source for its larvae. The species has been documented across multiple continents including North America, South America, Africa, the Caribbean, and Middle America.
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Xyleborus celsus
Hickory Timber Beetle
Xyleborus celsus, commonly known as the hickory timber beetle, is a bivoltine ambrosia beetle native to North America. It specializes in colonizing stressed or dying black hickory trees (Carya texana) and other hickory species. The species overwinters as adults and completes development from egg to adult in approximately 35 days. Unlike some invasive congenerics, it appears to be a native primary colonizer of weakened trees rather than an aggressive killer of healthy hosts.
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Xyleborus horridus
Xyleborus horridus is a bark beetle species in the family Curculionidae, described by Eichhoff in 1869. It is recorded from North America and Middle America. As a member of the genus Xyleborus, it belongs to a group of ambrosia beetles that cultivate symbiotic fungi in wood galleries.
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Xyleborus impressus
Xyleborus impressus is a species of ambrosia beetle in the family Curculionidae, first described by Eichhoff in 1868. As a member of the genus Xyleborus, it exhibits the characteristic fungus-farming behavior of ambrosia beetles, cultivating symbiotic fungi within wood galleries. The species has been documented in both North and South America. Like other ambrosia beetles, it is a wood-boring insect that lives most of its life concealed within host trees.
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Xyleborus volvulus
Xyleborus volvulus is a bark beetle in the family Curculionidae. It is native to tropical and subtropical regions and has been documented in North America, the Caribbean, Middle America, and Africa. The species is an ambrosia beetle that cultivates symbiotic fungi in tunnels bored into wood. It has been observed to carry Raffaelea lauricola, the pathogen causing laurel wilt disease, which has altered its status from a wood degrader to a potential pest of avocado and other lauraceous trees.
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Xyleborus xylographus
Xyleborus xylographus is a species of bark beetle in the family Curculionidae, first described by Thomas Say in 1826. It belongs to the tribe Xyleborini, which includes ambrosia beetles that cultivate symbiotic fungi in wood galleries. The species has been recorded in North America, the Caribbean, and Southern Asia. Like other members of its genus, it likely engages in fungus-farming behavior, though specific ecological details for this species remain limited in published literature.
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Xylobiops basilaris
Red-shouldered Bostrichid
Xylobiops basilaris, commonly known as the red-shouldered bostrichid, is a species of horned powder-post beetle in the family Bostrichidae. The species was first described by Thomas Say in 1824. It belongs to a family of beetles known for their wood-boring larvae, which can cause significant damage to timber and wooden structures. The common name refers to distinctive reddish coloration on the shoulder region of the adult beetle.
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