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A guide to Florida’s commonbark and ambrosia beetles
Craig Bateman1 & Jiri Hulcr1,2
1UF/IFAS School of Forest Resources and Conservation,2Entomology and Nematology DepartmentImages: J. Hulcr, T. Atkinson, C. Bateman, Z. Nolen, or ForestryImages.org
FOR 321, March 2017
This guide provides an introduction to the biology and identification of Florida’s bark and ambrosia beetles.
• What are bark and ambrosia beetles?.......................................3
• Where can I find the beetle….....................................................4
• How to use this document……………………………..……5-6
• Species descriptions………………………………………...7-33
• Beetle morphology………………………………………...34-35
• More resources………………………………………………...36
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What are bark and ambrosia beetles?
Bark and ambrosia beetles are a highly diverse group of forest insects. Most live peaceful lives inside dead or dying trees. The beetles help fungi reach normally inaccessible nutrients by burrowing into newly dead trees and together they begin the process of decay in the tree.
Why do bark beetles matter?A few species of bark beetles, or fungi they carry, can contribute to major diseases in trees. These diseases can cause major disruptions to forest ecosystems, and the loss of valuable wood and tree products.
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• Bark or ambrosia beetles are found in every forest on earth.• Trees containing bark beetles often have sawdust or sap on the outside:
• Ambrosia beetles push compact noodles of sawdust outside the tree:
Where can I find the beetles?
You can trap beetles in a forest near you. Find out more from the Backyard Bark Beetles project.4
How to use this document
All have elbowed (bent) antennae with a large round club at the end:
First, make sure you have either a bark or ambrosia beetle:
All have a large, round head, often partly hidden inside their pronotum:
xyleborini.myspecies.info
pronotum
head
antennal club
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How to use this document
If there is a page for identifying a tribe or genus containing a species, use that first.
If there’s a word you don’t know, check the morphology page by clicking the link in the upper right corner.
If you think you have a match, check the ID characters using a microscope.
tribegenus species
Next, simply scroll through the slides to see what looks right.
That’s it! Now you can compare your specimen to the following slides and see what you find.
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Subfamily SCOLYTINAE
Species descriptions of Florida’s common bark and ambrosia beetles:
Corthylini Monarthrum maliGnathotrichus materiarius
Xyleborini Ambrosiodmus spp.Cnestus mutilatusEuwallacea spp.Xyleborinus saxeseniiXyleborus affinis Xyleborus ferrugineus Xyleborus pubescensXyleborus glabratus Xylosandrus amputatusXylosandrus crassiusculus Xylosandrus compactus
Subfamily PLATYPODINAE
HylastiniHylastes spp.
HylurginiDendroctonus terebrans Dendroctonus frontalis
IpiniIps avulsusIps grandicollisIps calligraphusOrthotomicus caelatus
PityophthoriniPityophthorus spp.
Cryphalini Hypothenemus spp. Myoplatypus flavicornis
Euplatypus compositus
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ID Characters:
NativeHost tree: conifers
Curculionidae
Scolytinae
Hylurgini & Hylesinini
• Top of pronotum flat.1
• Front edge of elytra curved and with rounded bumps/teeth. Bugguide.net
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ID Characters:
NativeSometimes pests of live pines
Curculionidae
Scolytinae
HylurginiDendroctonus genus
• Head always visible from above.
D. terebrans: Black turpentine beetleour largest bark beetle, 5-8mm.
D. frontalis: Southern pine beetletiny, 2-3mm.
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ID Characters:
NativePrimarily in pine roots
Curculionidae
Scolytinae
HylesininiHylastes genus
• Head mostly invisible fromabove (compare Dendroctonus).
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H. salebrosus -less hair, broad
H. tenuis-hairy, skinny
ID Characters:
NativeSometimes pests of pines
Curculionidae
Scolytinae
IpiniIps genus
• Segments of antennal club wavy.• Elytra declivity excavated and with large teeth.• I. avulsus: 2.1-2.8 mm• I. grandicollis: 2.9-4.6 mm• I. calligraphus: 3.8-5.9 mm
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I. avulsus, I. grandicollis, I. calligraphus(males only)
ID Characters:
NativeHost tree: pines
Curculionidae
Scolytinae
IpiniOrthotomicus caelatus
• Antennal sutures curved inward.• Bottom of elytra declivity flat, no ridge like in Ips.
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ID Characters:
Native & exoticHost tree: diverse
Curculionidae
Scolytinae
Cryphalini (pygmy borers)Hypothenemus genus
• The smallest bark beetles, no longer than 1.2 mm• Hairy or scaly. • Very noticeable bumps or teeth on pronotum.
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H. birmanus
H. seriatus
H. eruditus
ID Characters:
NativeHost tree: diverse
Curculionidae
Scolytinae
PityophthoriniPityophthorus genus
• All small.• Often hairy on frons. • Antennal club small, flat, sutures curved.• Layered curves on pronotum.
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ID Characters:
NativeHost tree: diverse
Curculionidae
Scolytinae
Corthylini
• Eye deeply notched, ie: • Elongate, especially the pronotum.• Sides of pronotum with a fine raised line.• Antennal club large, flat, with three clear sutures.
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ID Characters:
NativeHost tree: broadleaf
Curculionidae
Scolytinae
CorthyliniMonathrum mali
• Elongate, especially the pronotum. • Elytra shallowly impressed along the middle, deeply at declivity.
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ID Characters:
Curculionidae
Scolytinae
CorthyliniGnathotrichus materiarius
• Shining, no hair. • Elytral declivity rounded and pointed at the end.• Sutures of antennal curved outward.• Fine raised line on the top of pronotum.
NativeHost tree: conifers
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ID Characters:
Curculionidae
Scolytinae
Xyleborini
• Eye notched.• Antennal club mostly type 1 and 2, sutures curved inward.• Protibia wide and flat, and armed with teeth.• Most of the ambrosia beetles!
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ID Characters:
Curculionidae
Scolytinae
XyleboriniAmbrosiodmus genus
• Wide, pointed scales covering entire pronotum.1
• Steep elytral declivity.
Exotic & nativeHost tree: many, diverse
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ID Characters:
ExoticHost tree: many, diverse
Curculionidae
Scolytinae
XyleboriniEuwallacea genus
• Bulky, dark.• Declivity gently sloped.
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E. fornicatus (below) is the smallest species at 1.8 – 2.5 mm, and can range from brown to black
ID Characters:
ExoticHost tree: many, diverse
Curculionidae
Scolytinae
XyleboriniCnestus mutilatus
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• Largest ambrosia beetle in North America.• Abdomen much shorter than pronotum.
squished-looking abdomen
ID Characters:
ExoticHost tree: many, diverse
Curculionidae
Scolytinae
XyleboriniXyleborinus saxesenii
• Small knob surrounded by hair between pronotum and abdomen(all species of Xyleborinus).
• Antenna club type 1.
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small knob
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ID Characters:
Exotic & nativeHost tree: many, diverse
Curculionidae
Scolytinae
XyleboriniXyleborus genus
• Elongate, mostly light-colored. • Antennal club type 1 or 2.• Posterocoxal process inflated (see below).
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ID Characters:
NativeHost tree: many, diverse
Curculionidae
Scolytinae
XyleboriniXyleborus affinis
• Dull, opaque (not shiny) elytral declivity when dry, with small bumps.
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ID Characters:
NativeHost tree: diverse, often in pines
Curculionidae
Scolytinae
XyleboriniXyleborus ferrugineus
• A pair of large projections on elytral declivity.• Usually dark red/brown.
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ID Characters:
NativeHost tree: many, but primarily pine
Curculionidae
Scolytinae
XyleboriniXyleborus pubescens
• Very similar to X. affinis, but declivity shining, steeper, and more rounded.
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ID Characters:
Exotic (Redbay Ambrosia Beetle)Host tree: Lauraceae (redbay, avocado, sassafras,…)
Curculionidae
Scolytinae
XyleboriniXyleborus glabratus
• Shining, dark colored.• Distinctly pointed tip of declivity. • Smaller than most Xyleborus.
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ID Characters:
All exotic
Curculionidae
Scolytinae
XyleboriniXylosandrus
• Bulky species. • Antennal club flat, truncated. • Procoxae separated (see yellow arrows).
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ID Characters:
ExoticHost tree: broadleaf, but mostly unknown
Curculionidae
Scolytinae
XyleboriniXylosandrus amputatus
• Truncated elytral declivity.
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ID Characters:
Exotic (Granulate Ambrosia Beetle)Host tree: many, diverse
Curculionidae
Scolytinae
XyleboriniXylosandrus crassiusculus
• Dull, opaque (not shiny) elytral declivity when dry, and without any large bumps.
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ID Characters:
Exotic (Black Twig Borer)Host tree: twigs of most broadleaf trees
Curculionidae
Scolytinae
XyleboriniXylosandrus compactus
• Tiny, black, with shiny declivity
Damage
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ID Characters:
NativeHost tree: hardwoods
Curculionidae
Platypodinae
Euplatypus compositus
• Female elytral declivity blunt. • Male declivity with two narrow, pointed projections.• Female & male pronotum with two small pores.• Very long leg segments (all platypodines).
female
male
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ID Characters:
NativeHost tree: pines
Curculionidae
Platypodinae
Myoplatypus flavicornis
• Female elytral declivity with blunt projection.• Male declivity with a more sharply pointed projection.• Very long leg segments (all platypodines).
male
male
male
female
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Modified after Hopkins 1909. Contributions toward a monograph of the scolytid beetles.
Important beetle morphology Last slide viewed
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Additional resources
Online Keys• Bark beetle genera of the US• Bark beetles of Louisiana• Key to Xyleborini of North America• Key to Xyleborini genera• S. Bambara's bark beetles of SE USA
Beetle Resources• Backyard bark beetles: Trap beetles and contribute to a citizen science program!• Interactive tool for identifying Damage by the Redbay ambrosia beetle• Tom Atkinson's bark beetles of Southeast USA• World's bark beetle pictures• The Xyleborini taxonomy database• xyleborini.myspecies.info: A collaborative ambrosia beetle database - you can join!
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