Xylosandrus crassiusculus. Photo by the Hulcr Lab
One of the most essential sources for information about North American Xyleborini has recently been updated. Demian Gomez, a PhD candidate in the Hulcr Lab, has reviewed our web-based guide to the North American members of the Xyleborini tribe of bark beetles and updated it to reflect the latest understanding of their taxonomy. Broken or outdated links have also been replaced.
Among the total of sixty species of Xyleborini in North America, thirty are invasive and five are known to be serious forest pests.
Gomez has authored and co-authored several papers on Xyleborini taxonomy and has been establishing himself as an authority on North American ambrosia beetles. His research and revisions to the online guide have been enabled in part by grants from the National Sciences Foundation and our collection of 160,000 specimens of bark and ambrosia beetles.