Images


These image galleries include 1927 images from 590 species of bark and ambrosia beetles. Most are photographic images that I have created over the years for publications on bark and ambrosia beetles. These include SEM and optical photographs taken at the University of Florida, Texas A&M University, The University of Texas at Austin, and at the Florida State Collection of Arthropods. Intitially species occurting in the southeastern U.S. were emphasized, but there are an increasing number of Mesoamerican and South American species also included. Lately I have started adding scanned images from taxonomic publications on New World species.


Images can be accessed through several means:



While some of these have been published, most have not been including some of undescribed species. The files at this site are low resolution, suitable for screen use only. Previously published images are available for downloading at high resolution at Insect Images. I hope that most will go into publications in the few years. In the meantime, I would be willing to considering allowing their use for electronic or print publications.


As a general rule of thumb, the following conditions apply:


  • Use only with permission.
  • Credit me for the photo.
  • If your publication come out before mine, I will not cite yours as a source for the image.
  • Otherwise, use the images freely.

Published images included in galleries are taken from the following 33 publications


  • Atkinson, T.H. 1989. The Platypus of Florida (Coleoptera: Platypodidae). Fla. Dept. Agric. Cons. Serv., Div. Plant Indus. Entomol. Circ. 321. 4 pp.
  • Atkinson, T.H. 1989. New synonymy, new species, and notes on Scolytidae (Coleoptera) from southeastern United States. Coleopterists Bull. 43(4): 325-337
  • Atkinson, T.H. 1989. New species and notes on Mexican Hylesininae (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). Insecta Mundi 3(1):57-64
  • Atkinson, T.H. 1993. Synopsis of the genus Trischidias Hopkins (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) in the southeastern United States with a description of a new species from Florida. Fla. Entomol. 76: 416-422
  • Atkinson, T.H. 1993. A new species of Pityophthorus Eichhoff (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) from southern Florida with a key to the Florida species. Fla. Entomol. 76: 608-615
  • Atkinson, T.H. 2009. A new species of Dryocoetoides Hopkins from southern Florida (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Zootaxa 2311: 66-68.
  • Atkinson, T.H., Equihua M., A 1988. Notas sobre biología y distribución de Scolytidae y Platypodidae de México y Centroamérica. Fol. Entomol. Mex. 76:83-105
  • Atkinson, T.H., Foltz, J.L., Wilkinson, R.C. 1988. Xylosandrus crassiusculus, an Asian ambrosia beetle recently introduced into Florida. Fla. Dept. Agric. Cons. Serv., Div. Plant Indus. Entomol. Circ. 310. 4 pp.
  • Atkinson, T.H., Martínez F., E, Saucedo C., E, Burgos S., A 1986. Scolytidae y Platypodidae (Coleoptera) asociados a selva baja caducifolia y comunidades derivadas en el estado de Morelos. Fol. Entomol. Mex. 69:41-82.
  • Atkinson, T.H., Rabaglia, R.J., Cognato, A.I. 2009. Two newly detected bark and ambrosia beetles from southern Florida (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Zootaxa
  • Atkinson, T.H., Saucedo C., E, Martínez F., E, Burgos S., A 1986. Coleópteros Scolytidae y Platypodidae asociados con las comunidades vegetales de clima templado y frío en el estado de Morelos. Acta Zool. Mex. 17:1-58
  • Atkinson,T.H., Rabaglia,R.J.; Bright,D.E. 1990. Newly detected exotic species of Xyleborus (Scolytidae) in eastern North America, with a revised key to species. Can. Ent. 122:93-104.
  • Blandford, W.F.H. 1905. Fam. Scolytidae. Biol.Centrali-Americana 4(6):81-298.
  • Bright, D.E. 1972. New species of Scolytidae (Coleoptera) from Mexico, with additional notes. II. Subfamilies Scolytinae and Hylesininae. Can. Entomol. 104:1489-1497.
  • Bright, D.E. 1972. New species of Scolytidae (Coleoptera) from Mexico, with additional notes. I. Tribes Xyleborini and Corthylini.. Can. Entomol. 104:1369-1385.
  • Bright, D.E. 1982. Scolytidae (Coleoptera) from the Cocos Islands, Costa Rica, with a description of one new species. Coleopt. Bull. 36(1):127-130.
  • Bright, D.E. 1991. Studies in Xyleborini 2. Review of the genus Sampsonius Eggers (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). Stud. Neotrop. Fauna Environ. 26(1):11-28
  • Dole, S.A.; Cognato, A.I. 2007. A new genus and species of Bothrosternina (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) from Ecuador.. Coleop. Bull. 62(1):318-325
  • Edson, L.J. 1967. An annotated and illustrated key to species of the genus Scolytus (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) attacking coniferous trees of the Neartic Region. M.S. Thesis, Humboldt State College, Eureka, California, 62 pp.
  • Okins,K.E.; Thomas,M.C. 2010. New North American Record for Xyleborinus andrewesi (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Fla. Ent. 93(1):133-134.
  • Petrov, A.V. 2007. A new species of the genus Camptocerus Latreille (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) from Peru. Russ. Ent. J. 16(1):101-102
  • Petrov, A.V. 2009. New data on bark beetles of the genus Pseudothysanoes Blackman 1920 (Curculionidae: Scolytinae) with description of one new species from Peru. Lesnoy Vetsnik 68(5): 128-130.
  • Petrov,A.V.; Mandelshtam,M.Y. 2009. New data on ambrosia-beetles of the genus Sampsonius Eggers, 1935 with descriptions of two new species from Peru (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Koleopt. Rund. 79: 313-319
  • Petrov,A.V.; Mandelshtam,M.Y. 2010. New data on Neotropical Scolytus Geoffroy, 1762 with description of five new species from Peru (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae). Zookeys 56: 65-104
  • Schiefer,T.L.; Bright,D.E. 2004. Xylosandrus mutilatus (Blandford), an exotic ambrosia (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Xyleborini) new to North America. Coleop. Bull. 3:431-438.
  • Vandenberg,N.J.,Rabaglia,R.J., Bright, D.E. 2000. New records of two Xyleborus (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) in North America. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 102(1):62-68.
  • Wood, S.L. 1956. New species of bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), mostly Mexican, Part III. Can. Ent. 88(6):247-258
  • Wood, S.L. 1956. New species of bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), mostly Mexican, Part I. Can. Ent. 88(4):141-154
  • Wood, S.L. 1966. New records and species of neotropical Platypodidae (Coleoptera). Great Basin Naturalist 26 (3-4):45-70.
  • Wood, S.L. 1967. New species of bark beetles, (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), mostly Mexican, Part VII. Great Basin Naturalist 27(1) 36-57
  • Wood, S.L. 1968. A key to the species of Cnesinus LeConte (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) of North and Central America. Great Basin Nat. 28(2):88-110.
  • Wood, S.L. 1968. New records and species of neotropical bark beetles (Scolytidae: Coleoptera), Part III.. Great Basin Nat. 28(1):1-15
  • Wood, S.L. 1971. New records and species of neotropical bark beetles (Scolytidae: Coleoptera), Part V. Brigham Young Univ. Sci. Bull. Biol. Ser. 15(3):1-54.

Image Library last updated June 15, 2010.