Sinoxylon anale Lesne, 1897: 21

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Sinoxylon anale Lesne, 1897: 21 . ( Fig. 5A )

Distribution in mainland China: FJ, GD, GX, HA, HN, SC, YN ( Hua 2002). New record for JX #, Ganzhou, Chongyi, 25°28.47’N 114°06.10’E, 28.vi.2018, J. Lü, S.C. Lai, L.Y. Liu (>100); CQ #, Wulong, 29°19.59’N 107°28.34’E, 276m, 11.v.2016, S. Tian & J. Lü (2). (JAU, LLY)

Other distribution. Cosmopolitan. Probably native in Pakistan, India, Nepal, China, Burma, Thailand and Sri Lanka. Introduced to Europe, Africa, America, Australia, New Zealand and the Middle East ( Liu et al. 2016).

Biology. This species is common in forests, timber depots, sawmills and furniture factories, and is a primary borer in the sapwood of logs, and timbers used in house building, boxes, and packing cases (PaDIL 2017). It is of economic importance as an agricultural, forestry and forest product pest. Hua (2002) reports the species also been found in Chinese herbal medicines. The adults sometimes bore into living shoots to feed or hibernate, and may cause damage to young saplings ( Sittichaya et al. 2009); breeding occurs in the sapwood of dead or dying trees ( Beeson & Bhatia 1937). The life cycle is highly variable in length and can take from a minimum of three months to a maximum of over four years ( Liu et al. 2008a). The adults emerge throughout the year, and generations strongly overlap ( Beeson & Bhatia 1937; Liu et al. 2008a).

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FIGURE 5. Dorsal view of Genus Sinoxylon. A. S. anale Lrsne, 1897, lateral view. B. S. atratum Lesne, 1897, cotype (NHML). C. S. dichroum Lesne, 1906. D. S. eucerum Lesne, 1932. E. S. flabrarius Lesne, 1906. F. S. japonicum Lesne, 1895. G. S. mangiferae Chûjô, 1936. H. S. pygmaeum Lesne, 1897. I. S. rejectum (Hope, 1845). J. S. sexdentatum (Olivier, 1790). K. S. tignarium Lesne, 1902. L. S. unidentatum (Fabricius, 1801).