Xylotoles
Genus of beetles
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Xylotoles is a genus of flat-faced longhorns in the beetle family Cerambycidae. There are more than 15 described species in Xylotoles found mainly in New Zealand, Australia, and surrounding islands.[1][2][3]
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| Xylotoles lynceus, New Zealand | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Cerambycidae |
| Subfamily: | Lamiinae |
| Tribe: | Dorcadiini |
| Genus: | Xylotoles Newman, 1840 |
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The IUCN conservation status of Xylotoles costatus, the Pitt Island longhorn beetle, is "EN", endangered. Once thought to be extinct, the species faces a high risk of extinction in the near future.[4]
Species
These 17 species belong to the genus Xylotoles:
- Xylotoles aegrotus Bates, 1874
- Xylotoles apicalis Broun, 1923
- Xylotoles costatus Pascoe, 1875 (Pitt Island longhorn beetle)
- Xylotoles costipennis (Breuning, 1982)
- Xylotoles griseus (Fabricius, 1775)
- Xylotoles inornatus Broun, 1880
- Xylotoles laetus White, 1846
- Xylotoles lynceus (Fabricius, 1775)
- Xylotoles nudus Bates, 1874
- Xylotoles pattesoni Olliff, 1888
- Xylotoles rugicollis Bates, 1874
- Xylotoles sandageri Broun, 1886
- Xylotoles scissicauda Bates, 1874
- Xylotoles segrex Olliff, 1889
- Xylotoles selwini Olliff, 1888
- Xylotoles traversii Pascoe, 1876
- Xylotoles wollastoni (White, 1856)
