Xylothrips religiosus (Boisduval)

Liu, Lan-Yu, 2021, An annotated synopsis of the powder post beetles (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) of Mainland China, Zootaxa 5081 (3), pp. 389-419 : 403

Xylothrips religiosus (Boisduval) ( Fig. 6K )

Apate religiosa Boisduval,1835: 309 .

Distribution in mainland China: BJ, SC ( Chu & Zhang 1997; Hua 2002). These records are presumably from introductions to China, which lies outsides its native distribution of the archipelagos of South Pacific Ocean (Liu 2021).

Other distribution. Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia, New Caledonia and the archipelagos of the South Pacific Ocean, and has been introduced to USA, Africa and Europe (Liu 2021).

Biology. The species has been recorded from the breadfruit tree ( Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson) Forsberg ( Moraceae )) and ‘bourao’ ( Hibiscus tiliaceus L. ( Malvaceae )) in Tahiti and attacks many trees, even the hardest ones in Melanesia, but its multiplication is reduced by a clerid beetle of the genus Cylidrus (Liu 2021) .

Figures

FIGURE 6. Tribe Xyloperthini. A. Octodesmus episternalis Lesne, 1901. B. Xylopsocus acutespinosus Lesne, 1906. C. X. bicuspis Lesne, 1901. D. Xylocis tortilicornis Lesne, 1901. E. Xylopsocus capucinus (Fabricius, 1781). F. X. galloisi Lesne, 1937. G, Xylodectes ornatus (Lesne, 1897). H. Xylopsocus philippinensis Vrydagh, 1955, Paratype (RISNB). I. X. intermedius Damoiseau, 1993, Holotype (HNHM.). J. X. radula Lesne, 1901. K. Xylothrips religiosus (Boisduval, 1835). L. Calophagus pekinensis Lesne, 1902. M. Xylothrips flavipes (Illiger, 1801).