Xyleborus volvulus explained

Xyleborus volvulus is a species of typical bark beetles in the family Curculionidae.^{[1] [2]} It is found in North America.^{[2] [3]}

Xyleborus volvulus beetles are found in all tropical and subtropical climates, mostly in Mexico. Their distribution is limited by cold (absent from higher elevations) and low humidity (absent from desert regions) conditions.

References

• Poole, Robert W., and Patricia Gentili, eds. (1996). "Coleoptera". Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America, vol. 1: Coleoptera, Strepsiptera, 41-820.

Further reading

• Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
• Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
• Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.

External links

• NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Xyleborus volvulus

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Xyleborus volvulus Species Information. BugGuide.net. 2018-01-27.
2. Web site: Xyleborus volvulus Report. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 2018-01-27.
3. Jansen MA, Franz NM (2015). "Phylogenetic revision of Minyomerus Horn, 1876 sec. Jansen & Franz, 2015 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) using taxonomic concept annotations and alignments". ZooKeys 528: 1-133.
4. “Bark and Ambrosia Beetles Of.” Bark and Ambrosia Beetles of, Xyleborus Volvulus (F. 1775), www.barkbeetles.info/regional_chklist_target_species.php?lookUp=2179.