
Belongs within: Hylesininae.
Xyleborus is a cosmopolitan genus of xylomycetophagous (i.e. feeding on fungi growing on wood) bark beetles. Members of this genus are consanguineously polygynous, with haploid flightless males (Wood 1986).
<==Xyleborini [Webbinae, Xylebori, Xyleborina] |--Xyleborites Wickham 1913W86 | `--*X. longipennis Wickham 1913W86 |--Sampsonius Eggers 1935W86 | `--*S. sexdentatusW86 |--Schedlia Browne 1950W86 | `--*S. sumatrana [=Xyleborus sumatranus]W86 |--Dryocoetoides Hopkins 1915W86 | `--D. capucinus (Eichh. 1868)W86, FS90 [=Xyleborus capucinusW86; incl. *D. guatemalensisW86] |--Leptoxyleborus Wood 1980W86 | `--*L. sordicauda [=Phloeotrogus sordicauda]W86 |--Theoborus Hopkins 1915W86 | `--*T. theobromaeW86 |--Taurodemus Wood 1980W86 | `--*T. sharpi [=Xyleborus sharpi]W86 |--Mesoscolytus Broun 1904W86 | `--*M. inurbanusW86 |--Hadrodemius Wood 1980W86 | `--*H. globus [=Xyleborus globus]W86 |--Taphrodasus Wood 1980W86 | `--*T. percorthylus [=Xyleborus percorthylus]W86 |--Cryptoxyleborus Schedl 1937W86 | `--*C. naevusW86 |--Anisandrus Ferrari 1867GC-P14, W86 | `--*A. disparW86, GC-P14 [=Xyleborus (Apate) disparW86] |--Euwallacea Hopkins 1915W86 | |--*E. wallacei [=Xyleborus wallacei]W86 | `--E. validus (Eichhoff 1875)A02 |--Cnestus Sampson 1911 [incl. Tosaxyleborus Murayama 1950]W86 | |--*C. magnusW86 | `--C. murayamai [incl. *Tosaxyleborus pallidipennis]W86 |--Coptoborus Hopkins 1915 [incl. Streptocranus Schedl 1939]W86 | |--C. vespatorius [=Xyleborus vespatorius; incl. *C. emarginatus]W86 | `--C. mirabilis [=*Streptocranus mirabilis]W86 |--Arixyleborus Hopkins 1915 [incl. Xyleboricus Eggers 1923]W86 | |--*A. rugosipesW86 | `--A. canaliculatus [=*Xyleboricus canaliculatus]W86 |--Terminalinus Hopkins 1915 [incl. Kelantanius Nunberg 1961]W86 | |--*T. terminaliaeW86 | `--T. punctatopilosus [=Xyleborus punctatopilosus, *Kelantanius punctatopilosus]W86 |--Eccoptopterus Motschulsky 1863 (see below for synonymy)W86 | |--E. spinosus [=Scolytus spinosus; incl. *Eccoptopterus sexspinosus]W86 | `--E. gracilipes [=*Platydactylus gracilipes, *Eurydactylus gracilipes]W86 |--Xyleborinus Reitter 1913M94 | |--*X. saxeseni (Ratzeburn 1837) [=Bostrichus saxeseni]M94 | `--X. alniA02 |--Ambrosiodmus Hopkins 1915 [incl. Browneia Nunberg 1963, Phloeotrogus Motschulsky 1863 (nom. rej.)]W86 | |--*A. tachygraphus [=Xyleborus tachygraphus]W86 | |--A. obliquecaudata [=*Phloeotrogus oliquecaudata]W86 | `--A. obliquus [=Pityophthorus obliquus; incl. Xyleborus illepidus, *Browneia illepida]W86 |--Amasa Lea 1894 [incl. Anaxyleborus Wood 1980, Pseudoxyleborus Eggers 1930]W86 | |--*A. thoracicusW86 | |--‘*Pseudoxyleborus’ beesoniW86 | `--A. truncatus (Erichs. 1842)W86, M87 [=Tomicus truncatusW86, *Anaxyleborus truncatusW86] |--Coptodryas Hopkins 1915 [incl. Adryocoetes Eggers in Schedl 1952 (n. n.), Microperus Wood 1980]W86 | |--*C. confusaW86 | |--C. pullus [=Xyleborus pullus; incl. *Adryocoetes nitidus (n. n.)]W86 | `--C. theae [=Xyleborus theae, *Microperus theae]W86 |--Webbia Hopkins 1915 [incl. Prowebbia Browne 1962, Pseudowebbia Browne 1961, Xelyborus Schedl 1939 (n. n.)]W86 | |--*W. dipterocarpiW86 | |--W. paboW86 | |--W. subuculae [=*Prowebbia subuculae]W86 | `--W. trepanicauda [=Xyleborus trepanicauda, *Pseudowebbia trepanicauda]W86 |--Xylosandrus Reitter 1913 [incl. Apoxyleborus Wood 1980]W86 | |--*X. morigerus [=Xyleborus morigerus]W86 | |--X. compactus (Eichhoff 1875)A02 | |--X. mancus [=Xyleborus mancus, *Apoxyleborus mancus]W86 | `--X. retususW86 `--Xyleborus Eichhoff 1864W86 (see below for synonymy) |--*X. monographus [=Bostrichus monographus]W86 |--X. affinis Eichh. 1867 [incl. X. retusicollis Zimm. 1868]FS90 |--X. bidentatus [=Phloeotrogus bidentatus; incl. *Boroxylon stephegynis]W86 |--X. confusus Eichh. 1867FS90 |--X. cryptophagus [=Bostrichus cryptographus, *Heteroborips cryptographus]W86 |--X. ferrugineusRD77 |--X. fuscatus Eichh. 1867FS90 |--X. kalshoveni [=*Notoxyleborus kalshoveni]W86 |--X. meuseli [=*Xyleborips meuseli]W86 |--X. morstattaBW64 |--X. posticus Eichh. 1868FS90 |--X. prelaetus [incl. *Cyclorhipidion pelliculosum]W86 |--X. pubescensW86 |--X. saxeseniV09 |--X. solidus Eichh. 1868M87 |--X. spathipennisW86 |--X. subcostatus [incl. *Progenius fleutiauxi]W86 `--X. volvulus [=Bostrichus volvulus; incl. X. guanajuatensis, *Anaeretus guanajuatensis]W86
Eccoptopterus Motschulsky 1863 [incl. Eurydactylus Hagedorn 1909 non LaFerté Sénectère 1851, Platydactylus Eichhoff 1886]W86
Xyleborus Eichhoff 1864W86 [incl. Anaertus Dugès 1887A02, Boroxylon Hopkins 1915W86, Cyclorhipidion Hagedorn 1912W86, Heteroborips Reitter 1913W86, Notoxyleborus Schedl 1934W86, Progenius Blandford 1896W86, Xyleborips Reitter 1913W86]
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
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