Xyleborus pele Samuelson, 1981:82
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 3 October 1929 (Samuelson, 1981).
Rediscovered (Gillett et al., 2018).
Distribution
Hawaiian Islands, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Samuelson, G. A. (1981). A synopsis of Hawaiian Xyleborini (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). Pacific Insects 23(1-2): 50-92.
Other references:
Chamorro, M. Lourdes, Atkinson, Thomas, Matsunaga, Janis N., Engasser, Emmy L., Franz, Nico and Evenhuis, Neal L. (2026). An Annotated Catalog of the Curculionoidea of the Hawaiian Archipelago, Johnston and Wake Atolls, and the Phoenix Islands (Kiribati). Bishop Museum Bulletin in Entomology 19: 1-267.
Gillett, Conrad P. D. T., Pulakkatu-Thodi, Ishakh and Rubinoff, Daniel. (2018). Rediscovery of an Enigmatic Bark Beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. The Coleopterists Bulletin 72(4): 811-815. [First page preview]