Bark and Ambrosia Beetles
Wood 1982 Monograph in Digital Format
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Table of Contents
Ecological Role in a Primeval Forest 
Relation to Fire, Slash, and Natural Disasters 
Key to Subfamilies, Tribes, and Genera 
Hylurgops incomptus (Blandford) 
Hylurgops planirostris (Chapuis) 
Hylurgops longipennis (Blandford) 
Hylurgops rugipennis rugipennis (Mannerheim) 
Hylurgops rugipennis pinifex (Fitch) 
Pseudohylesinus nebulosus nebulosus (LeConte) 
Pseudohylesinus dispar dispar Blackman 
Pseudohylesinus nebulosus serratus Bruck 
Pseudohylesinus dispar pullatus Blackman 
Pseudohylesinus maculosus Blackman 
Pseudohylesinus variegatus (Blandford) 
Pseudohylesinus granulatus (LeConte) 
Pseudohylesinus nobilis Swaine 
Pseudohylesinus sericeus (Mannerheim) 
Xylechinus scabiosus Blandford 
Xylechinus americanus Blackman 
Xylechinus tessellatus Blandford 
Xylechinus fuliginosus Blandford 
Dendroctonus brevicomis LeConte 
Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmermann 
Dendroctonus mexicanus Hopkins 
Dendroctonus approximatus Dietz 
Dendroctonus adjunctus Blandford 
Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins 
Dendroctonus parallelocollis Chapuis 
Dendroctonus terebrans (Olivier) 
Dendroctonus punctatus LeConte 
Dendroctonus rhizophagus Thomas & Bright 
Phloeotribus championi (Blandford) 
Phloeotribus nubilus Blandford 
Phloeotribus discrepans Blandford 
Phloeotribus liminaris (Harris) 
Phloeotribus frontalis (Olivier) 
Phloeotribus dentifrons (Blackman) 
Phloeotribus texanus Schaeffer 
Phloeotribus scabratus Blandford 
Phloeotribus scabricollis (Hopkins) 
Phloeotribus demessus Blandford 
Phloeotribus biguttatus Blandford 
Phloeotribus subovatus Blandford 
Phloeosinus taxodii taxodii Blackman 
Phloeosinus taxodii taxodiicolens Wood 
Phloeosinus serratus (LeConte) 
Phloeosinus cristatus (LeConte) 
Phloeosinus scopulorum scopulorum Swaine 
Phloeosinus scopulorum neomexicanus Blackman 
Chaetophloeus hystrix (LeConte) 
Chaetophloeus pruinosus (Blackman) 
Chaetophloeus heterodoxus (Casey) 
Chaetophloeus coronatus Chapuis 
Chaetophloeus mexicanus (Blackman) 
Chaetophloeus insularis (Blackman) 
Chaetophloeus struthanthi Wood 
Chaetophloeus phoradendri Wood 
Chaetophloeus parkinsoniae (Blackman) 
Cnemonyx maculicornis (Blandford) 
Cnemonyx panamensis (Blandford) 
Cnemonyx minusculus (Blandford) 
Scolytodes atratus (Blandford) 
Scolytodes minutissimus Schedl 
Scolytodes melanocephalus (Blandford) 
Scolytodes unipunctatus (Blandford) 
Scolytodes blandfordi (Schedl) 
Scolytodes setosus (Blandford) 
Scolytodes culcitatus (Blandford) 
Scolytodes swieteniae (Blackman) 
Scolytodes pelicipennis (Schedl) 
Pseudothysanoes excavatus (Wood) 
Pseudothysanoes coniferae (Wood) 
Pseudothysanoes quercinus (Wood) 
Pseudothysanoes concentralis Wood 
Pseudothysanoes sedulus Blackman 
Pseudothysanoes quercicolens Wood 
Pseudothysanoes furvescens Wood 
Pseudothysanoes lecontei Blackman 
Pseudothysanoes phoradendri Blackman 
Pseudothysanoes viscivorus Wood 
Pseudothysanoes peniculus Wood 
Pseudothysanoes tumidulus Wood 
Pseudothysanoes graniticus Wood 
Pseudothysanoes verticillus Wood 
Pseudothysanoes viscicolens Wood 
Pseudothysanoes mucronatus (Wood) 
Pseudothysanoes subulatus (Wood) 
Pseudothysanoes spicatus (Wood) 
Pseudothysanoes coracinus Wood 
Pseudothysanoes hopkinsi Blackman 
Pseudothysanoes yuccavorus Wood 
Pseudothysanoes rigidus (LeConte) 
Pseudothysanoes caritus (Wood) 
Pseudothysanoes crassinus Wood 
Pseudothysanoes frondicolens Wood 
Pseudothysanoes contrarius Wood 
Pseudothysanoes acaciacolens Wood 
Pseudothysanoes multispinatus Wood 
Pseudothysanoes spinatulus Wood 
Pseudothysanoes acaciae (Blackman) 
Pseudothysanoes minulus (Wood) 
Pseudothysanoes subpilosus (Wood) 
Pseudothysanoes aquilus (Wood) 
Pseudothysanoes dislocatus (Blackman) 
Micracisella subnitida Blackman 
Micracisella knulli (Blackman) 
Micracisella opacicollis (LeConte) 
Pityogenes fossifrons (LeConte) 
Pityogenes meridianus Blackman 
Pityogenes carinulatus (LeConte) 
Dendrocranulus consimilis Wood 
Dendrocranulus costaricensis Schedl 
Dendrocranulus maurus Blandford 
Dendrocranulus cucurbitae (LeConte) 
Dendrocranulus declivis (Schedl) 
Dendrocranulus guatemalensis (Hopkins) 
Dendrocranulus macilentus (Blandford) 
Dendrocranulus carbonarius (Ferrari) 
Xylosandrus morigerus (Blandford) 
Xylosandrus crassiusculus (Motschulsky) 
Xylosandrus compactus (Eichhoff) 
Xylosandrus germanus (Blandford) 
Ambrosiodmus obliquus (LeConte) 
Ambrosiodmus scalaris (Schedl) 
Ambrosiodmus rubricollis (Eichhoff) 
Ambrosiodmus hagedorni (Iglesias) 
Coptoborus vespatorius (Schedl) 
Coptoborus catulus (Blandford) 
Coptoborus cuneatus (Eichhoff) 
Taurodemus salvini (Blandford) 
Taurodemus godmani (Blandford) 
Taurodemus sharpi lenis (Wood) 
Taurodemus salvini (Blandford) 
Taurodemus godmani (Blandford) 
Taurodemus sharpi lenis (Wood) 
Taurodemus sharpi sharpi (Blandford) 
Taurodemus sanguinicollis (Blandford) 
Xyleborus squamulatus Eichhoff 
Xyleborus spinulosus Blandford 
Coptoborus vespatorius (Schedl) 
Coptoborus catulus (Blandford) 
Coptoborus cuneatus (Eichhoff) 
Coptoborus pseudotenuis (Schedl) 
Ambrosiodmus obliquus (LeConte) 
Ambrosiodmus scalaris (Schedl) 
Ambrosiodmus rubricollis (Eichhoff) 
Ambrosiodmus hagedorni (Iglesias) 
Ambrosiodmus tachygraphus (Zimmermann) 
Ambrosiodmus rugicollis (Blandford) 
Euwallacea fornicatus (Eichhoff) 
Xyleborus spathipennis Eichhoff 
Xyleborus parallelocollis Eggers 
Xyleborus semipunctatus Eggers 
Xyleborus costaricensis Blandford 
Xyleborus sparsepilosus Eggers 
Xyleborus planicollis Zimmermann 
Hypothenemus fuscicollis (Eichhoff) 
Hypothenemus sundaensis (Eggers) 
Hypothenemus dissimilis (Zimmermann) 
Hypothenemus rotundicollis (Eichhoff) 
Hypothenemus birmanus (Eichhoff) 
Hypothenemus interstitialis (Hopkins) 
Hypothenemus opacus (Eichhoff) 
Hypothenemus squamosus (Hopkins) 
Hypothenemus multidentatus (Hopkins) 
Hypothenemus seriatus (Eichhoff) 
Hypothenemus californicus Hopkins 
Hypothenemus pubescens Hopkins 
Hypothenemus eruditus Westwood 
Hypothenemus gossypii (Hopkins) 
Hypothenemus parallelus (Hopkins) 
Hypothenemus plumeriae (Nordlinger) 
Hypothenemus cylindricus (Hopkins) 
Hypothenemus africanus (Hopkins) 
Hypothenemus areccae (Hornung) 
Araptus carinifrons (Blandford) 
Araptus incommodus (Blandford) 
Araptus costaricencis (Schedl) 
Araptus incompositus (Blandford) 
Pseudopityophthorus hispidus Eggers 
Pseudopityophthorus declivis Wood 
Pseudopityophthorus granulatus Blackman 
Pseudopityophthorus granulifer Wood 
Pseudopityophthorus asperulus Wood 
Pseudopityophthorus denticulus (LeConte) 
Pseudopityophthorus virilis Wood 
Pseudopityophthorus hondurensis Wood 
Pseudopityophthorus cincinnatus (Blandford) 
Pseudopityophthorus singularis Wood 
Pseudopityophthorus pubescens Blackman 
Pseudopityophthorus tenuis Wood 
Pseudopityophthorus agrifoliae Blackman 
Pseudopityophthorus fagi Blackman 
Pseudopityophthorus limbatus Eggers 
Pseudopityophthorus minutissimus (Zimmermann) 
Pseudopityophthorus comosus Bright 
Pseudopityophthorus squamosus Bright 
Pseudopityophthorus pruinosus (Eichhoff) 
Pseudopityophthorus festivus Wood 
Pseudopityophthorus opacicollis Blackman 
Conophthorus monophyllae Hopkins 
Conophthorus coniperda (Schwarz) 
Conophthorus resinosae Hopkins 
Conophthorus apachecae Hopkins 
Pityophthorus pudicus Blackman 
Pityophthorus exquisitus (Blackman) 
Pityophthorus punctiger (Schedl) 
Pityophthorus digestus (LeConte) 
Pityophthorus abstrusus Bright 
Pityophthorus puberulus (LeConte) 
Pityophthorus modicus Blackman 
Pityophthorus punctifrons Bright 
Pityophthorus culminicolae Bright 
Pityophthorus segnis subopacus Blackman 
Pityophthorus absonus Blackman 
Pityophthorus opaculus LeConte 
Pityophthorus keeni (Blackman) 
Pityophthorus pinguis (Blackman) 
Pityophthorus separatus Bright 
Pityophthorus amplus (Blackman) 
Pityophthorus deleoni (Blackman) 
Pityophthorus ramiperda Swaine 
Pityophthorus comosus Blackman 
Pityophthorus arceuthobii Wood 
Pityophthorus schwerdtfegeri (Schedl) 
Pityophthorus pulicarius (Zimmermann) 
Pityophthorus aciculatus Bright 
Pityophthorus scabridus Schedl 
Pityophthorus scalptor Blackman 
Pityophthorus alpinensis Hopping, G. 
Pityophthorus glabratulus (Schedl) 
Pityophthorus leiophyllae Blackman 
Pityophthorus diglyphus Blandford 
Pityophthorus vespertinus Bright 
Pityophthorus venustus Blackman 
Pityophthorus amoenus Blandford 
Pityophthorus declivisetosus Bright 
Pityophthorus sierrensis Bright 
Pityophthorus tumidus Blackman 
Pityophthorus aquilus Blackman 
Pityophthorus blandus Blackman 
Pityophthorus electus Blackman 
Pityophthorus blandulus Schedl 
Pityophthorus carinulatus Swaine 
Pityophthorus californicus Bright 
Pityophthorus ciliatus Blackman 
Pityophthorus nigricans Blandford 
Pityophthorus dentifrons Blackman 
Pityophthorus setosus Blackman 
Pityophthorus biovalis Blackman 
Pityophthorus concavus Blackman 
Pityophthorus balsameus Blackman 
Pityophthorus briscoei Blackman 
Pityophthorus angustus Blackman 
Pityophthorus carinatus carinatus Bright 
Pityophthorus carinatus monticolae Bright 
Pityophthorus cariniceps LeConte 
Pityophthorus confinis LeConte 
Pityophthorus montezumae Bright 
Pityophthorus schwarzi Blackman 
Pityophthorus crassus Blackman 
Pityophthorus guatemalensis Blandford 
Pityophthorus subopacus Blackman 
Pityophthorus anthracinus Bright 
Pityophthorus nocturnus Schedl 
Pityophthorus cascoensis Blackman 
Pityophthorus mesembria Bright 
Pityophthorus infulatus Blackman 
Pityophthorus ornatus Blackman 
Pityophthorus novellus Blackman 
Pityophthorus pulchellus Eichhoff 
Pityophthorus tuberculatus Eichhoff 
Pityophthorus pseudotsugae Swaine 
Pityophthorus brevicomatus Bright 
Pityophthorus montivagus Bright 
Pityophthorus nitidulus (Mannerheim) 
Pityophthorus occidentalis Blackman 
Pityophthorus viminalis Bright 
Pityophthorus immanis Blackman 
Pityophthorus perotei Blackman 
Pityophthorus chalcoensis Hopkins 
Pityophthorus confusus Blandford 
Pityophthorus annectens LeConte 
Pityophthorus cacuminatus Blandford 
Pityophthorus murrayanae Blackman 
Pityophthorus consimilis LeConte 
Pityophthorus pullus (Zimmermann) 
Pityophthorus grandis Blackman 
Pityophthorus confertus Swaine 
Pityophthorus bassetti Blackman 
Pityophthorus cuspidatus Blackman 
Pityophthorus concentralis Eichhoff 
Pityophthorus coronarius Blackman 
Pityophthorus jeffreyi Blackman 
Pityophthorus barberi Blackman 
Pityophthorus mexicanus Blackman 
Pityophthorus scriptor Blackman 
Pityophthorus virilis Blackman 
Pityophthorus hylocuroides Wood 
Pityophthorus juglandis Blackman 
Pityophthorus obtusipennis Blandford 
Pityophthorus sambuci Blackman 
Pityophthorus liquidambarus Blackman 
Pityophthorus acuminatus (Schedl) 
Pityophthorus crinalis Blackman 
Pityophthorus sparsepilosus (Schedl) 
Pityophthorus attenuatus Blackman 
Pityophthorus subsimilis Schedl 
Pityophthorus dimidiatus Blackman 
Gnathotrichus materiarius (Fitch) 
Gnathotrichus pilosus (LeConte) 
Gnathotrichus deleoni Blackman 
Gnathotrichus nitidifrons Hopkins 
Gnathotrichus perniciosus Wood 
Gnathotrichus denticulatus Blackman 
Gnathotrichus retusus (LeConte) 
Gnathotrichus sulcatus (LeConte) 
Amphicranus brevipennis Blandford 
Amphicranus thoracicus Erichson 
Amphicranus hybridus Blandford 
Amphicranus stenodermus (Schedl) 
Amphicranus melanurus (Blandford) 
Amphicranus terebella Blandford 
Amphicranus speciosus (Schedl) 
Amphicranus spectabilis (Wood) 
Amphicranus balteatus Blandford 
Amphicranus torneutes Blandford 
Amphicranus filiformis Blandford 
Amphicranus propugnatus Blandford 
Monarthrum scutellare (LeConte) 
Monarthrum praeruptum (Blandford) 
Monarthrum bispinum (Blandford) 
Monarthrum tomicoides (Blandford) 
Monarthrum cordatum (Blandford) 
Monarthrum terminatum (Blandford) 
Monarthrum nevermanni (Schedl) 
Monarthrum luctuosum (Blandford) 
Monarthrum umbrinum (Blandford) 
Monarthrum consimile (Blandford) 
Monarthrum dimidiatum (Ferrari) 
Monarthrum dentigerum (LeConte) 
Monarthrum laterale (Eichhoff) 
Monarthrum fimbriaticorne (Blandford) 
Monarthrum sulcatum (Blandford) 
Monarthrum ferrarii (Blandford) 
Monarthrum difficile (Blandford) 
Monarthrum pseudoscutellare (Schedl) 
Monarthrum punctifrons (Blandford) 
Monarthrum vittatum (Blandford) 
Metacorthylus nigripennis Blandford 
Microcorthylus parvulus Ferrari 
Corthylocurus aguacatensis (Schedl) 
Corthylocurus costaricencis (Schedl) 
Corthylocurus mexicanus (Schedl) 
