Scolytoplatypus occidentalis Browne, 1971

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 : 54

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5648.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:5A53B655-D261-4DFA-8AA7-6CA6E4DEF685
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15821467
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A087E4-7401-C90F-FF37-8789C658FE33
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Scolytoplatypus occidentalis Browne, 1971
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124. Scolytoplatypus occidentalis Browne, 1971 View in CoL

Hosts: Polyphagous

Distribution in South Africa: Western Cape, Southern Cape Forest Regions (Zwolinksi & Geldenhuys 1988)

New record: Saasveld, George, Western Cape, South Africa, 33°57'S, 22°32'E, 26 June 1984, Leg. J. Zwolinski, Det. F.G. Browne [ SANC] GoogleMaps .

Notes: Zwolinksi & Geldenhuis (1988) detected this species infesting Cape beech in South Africa. This record was not included in the catalogue by Wood & Bright (1992).