''Xylotoles'' is a genus of flat-faced longhorns in the

beetle Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...

family

Cerambycidae The longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae), also known as long-horned or longicorns (whose larvae are often referred to as roundheaded borers), are a large family of beetles, with over 35,000 species described. Most species are characterized by anten ...

. There are more than 15 described species in ''Xylotoles'' found mainly in New Zealand, Australia, and surrounding islands. 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.

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)

References

External links

* * Dorcadiini Cerambycidae genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Dorcadiini-stub