Xyleborus volvulus is a species of typical bark beetles in the family Curculionidae. It is found in North America.Jansen MA, Franz NM (2015). "Phylogenetic revision of Minyomerus Horn, 1876 sec. Jansen & Franz, 2015 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) using taxonomic concept annotations and alignments". ZooKeys 528: 1-133.
Xyleborus volvulus beetles are found in all tropical and subtropical climates, mostly in Mexico. Their distribution is limited by cold (absent from higher elevations) and low humidity (absent from desert regions) conditions.
References
Poole, Robert W., and Patricia Gentili, eds. (1996). "Coleoptera". Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America, vol. 1: Coleoptera, Strepsiptera, 41-820.
Further reading
Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL. Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
External links
NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Xyleborus volvulus
“Bark and Ambrosia Beetles Of.” Bark and Ambrosia Beetles of, Xyleborus Volvulus (F. 1775), www.barkbeetles.info/regional_chklist_target_species.php?lookUp=2179.