Xylosandrus crassiusculus ( Motschulsky, 1866 )

Nel, Wilma J., Duong, Tuan A., Fell, Shawn, Herron, Darryl A., Paap, Trudy, Wingfield, Michael J., Beer, Wilhelm De, Hulcr, Jiri & Johnson, Andrew J., 2025, A checklist of South African bark and ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae, Platypodinae), Zootaxa 5648 (1), pp. 1-101 : 78

195. Xylosandrus crassiusculus ( Motschulsky, 1866) ( Fig. 45 )

Phloeotrogus crassiusculus Motschulsky, 1866

= Xyleborus semiopacus Eichhoff, 1878

= Xyleborus semigranosus Blandford, 1896c

= Dryocoetes bengalensis Stebbing, 1908

= Xyleborus mascarenus Hagedorn, 1908

= Xyleborus ebriosus Niisima, 1909

= Xyleborus okoumeensis Schedl, 1935c

Hosts: Polyphagous

DNA data from South African species: Nel et al. (2020) — COI: MT230099 – MT230104 .

Distribution in South Africa: Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal ( Osorio et al. 2017; Nel et al. 2020), Limpopo ( Nel et al. 2020; 2021), Mpumalanga, Northern Cape ( Nel et al. 2020)

New record: Mbotje Forest, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 31°27'S, 29°43'E, 02 December 2003, Leg. M. Burger & R . Müller, Det. Mandelshtam [ DMNH] .

Other specimens examined: Westfalia Fruit Estate , Tzaneen, Limpopo, South Africa, 23°42.4915'S, 30°5.9606'E, 25 September 2018, Leg. W.J. Nel, Det. A.J. Johnson [ FABI] .

XYLOCTONINI Eichhoff, 1878

Figures

FIGURE 45. Lateral and dorsal views of Xylosandrus crassiusculus, from Tzaneen, Limpopo, South Africa, specimen ID = WNB060. Scale = 1mm.