Xyleborus anthracinus Bright

Gomez, Demian F., Johnson, Andrew J. & Hulcr, Jiri, 2020, Potential pest bark and ambrosia beetles from Cuba not present in the continental United States, Florida Entomologist 103 (1), pp. 96-96 : 96-

Xyleborus anthracinus Bright ( Coleoptera : Curculionidae )

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Diagnosis: Distinguished by the black color of adult females, similar tubercles on interstriae 1 and 3 of the elytral declivity (between 2 and 4 tubercles on each interstriae), and straight profile of the elytral declivity in the lower half. Adult females are 2.5 mm.

Distribution: Caribbean: Cuba (Santiago Province).

Hosts: unknown.

Notes: Details on ecology are unknown, type specimen collected from lights.

Figures

Fig. 8. Dorsal and lateral view of female Xyleborus anthracinus. Scale bar: 1 mm. Permission to publish from the Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada.