Xyleborini, Le Conte, 1876

Amini, Sudabe, Nozari, Jamasb, Martinez, Isabel, Hosseini, Reza & Faccoli, Massimo, 2020, Morphological and molecular identification of the Iranian bark and ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae), Zootaxa 4852 (3), pp. 251-284 : 277

Key to the genera of females Xyleborini

1. Scutellum conical, difficult to see, surrounded by a setal tuft and not filling the scutellar notch. Elytral declivity slightly concave, lateral margins of declivity dentate and abundantly setose, and apex emarginate.............. .... Xyleborinus Reitter

-. Scutellum flat, entirely filling the scutellar notch and flush with adjacent elytral surface, setal tuft absent. Elytral declivity flat and apex entire...................................................................................... ... 2

2. Pronotum rounded, as long as wide. Pronotal base with median tuft of hairs. Pronotal anterior margin armed with 6 to 8 subequal serrations. Elytral interstriae never impressed on declivity. 3.2−3.6 mm long..................... Anisandrus Ferrari

- Pronotum longer than wide. Pronotal base without a median tuft of hair. Pronotal anterior margin without a row of serrations. Elytral declivity sulcate with interstriae impressed. 2.1−3.5 mm long............................... Xyleborus Eichhoff