Lanurgus barbatus Eggers, 1920

Jordal, Bjarte H., 2021, The mainly South African genus Lanurgus revised (Coleoptera, Scolytinae), Zootaxa 5027 (1), pp. 87-106 : 92-94

Lanurgus barbatus Eggers, 1920

( Figs 13, 16, 19 )

Type material. Lectotype, female: [ Botswana] Sud Afrika, D. Betschuanaland, Serule [GIS: -21.90, 27.33], 1200m, 27.XI.1906, Seiner S.G. [ NHMW].

Diagnosis, female. Length 1.9–2.4 mm, 2.3–2.4 × as long as wide. Antennal scapus with dorsal spike, on its anterior inner face with a long tuft of curved golden setae slightly longer than tarsus; frons deeply concave, setose; scutellum with bristle-like setae; elytral interstriae with narrowly spatulate setae, most setae on disc in rows, on declivity 3–5 × longer and strongly confused; protibiae with 5 or 6 lateral and apical denticles. Male similar to female except less ornamented; scapus rounded, with few setae.

Distribution. South Africa. Botswana.

New records. South Africa, North-West Province , Pilanesberg, ex Olea branch, 20.May.2015, J. Hulcr, leg. [ ZMUB] .

Biology. Host plants include Olea and non-native Ligustrum (Oleaceae) .

Figures

FIGURES 13–22. Dorsal, lateral and frontal view of Lanurgus barbatus female (13, 16, 9), Lanurgus jubatus sp. nov. female holotype (4, 17, 20) and allotype male (21), Lanurgus pubescens male holotype (15, 18, 22).