Hypothenemus elephas ( Eichhoff, 1872 )

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 : 58

139. Hypothenemus elephas ( Eichhoff, 1872) ( Fig. 28 )

Stephanoderes elephas Eichhoff, 1872

= Adiaeretus spinosus Hagedorn, 1909

Hosts: Unknown

Distribution in South Africa: Eastern Cape ( Schedl 1961a), KwaZulu-Natal ( Schedl 1962b), Limpopo ( Fig. 28 legend)

Specimens examined: Mkuzi, Zululand, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, December 1945, Col. 23, Det. K.E. Schedl [ SANC] .

Figures

FIGURE 28. Lateral and dorsal views of Hypothenemus elephas, from Timbadola sawmill near Sibasa, Limpopo, South Africa [FABI], det. from photo B. H. Jordal. Scale = 1mm.