Xyleborus pseudoferox

Genus / Species: Xyleborus pseudoferox | Image Author: TH Atkinson | Location: Brazil, São Paulo, Fazenda Cambuhy, Matão | Collection: Florida State Collection of Arthropods

THis species is questionably distinct from ferox Blandford. In Wood’s treatment (2007) ferox is found from Mexico through Colombia. I have seen specimens from Central Brazil that ‘fit’ within ferox so the 2 are not geographically distinct. While some specimens show the characters cited by Wood in his description, these do not appear to be distinctive.

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Xyleborus bispinatus

This species were removed from synonymy with X. ferrugineus by Kirkendall and Jordahl (2006). Some neotropical records of identified here as Xyleborus ferrugineus (identifications made prior to 2006) probably refer to this species.

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Xyleborus vitiosus

Genus / Species: Xyleborus vitiosus | Image Author: TH Atkinson | Location: Brazil, Paraná, Telêmaco Borba | Collection: University of Texas Insect Collection

Wood (1982, 2007) states that species is South American and not known from Mexico or Central America despite published type locality of ‘Mexico’.

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