Eidophelus onyanganus ( Schedl, 1941a )

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 : 36

56. Eidophelus onyanganus ( Schedl, 1941a) ( Fig. 11 )

Letzernella onyanganus Schedl, 1941a

= Cryphalomorphus similaris Schedl, 1965b

Hosts: Acacia decurrens , Celtis sp. , Euclea crispa subsp. crispa (= E. lanceolata )

Distribution in South Africa: Limpopo, Mpumalanga ( Schedl 1982)

New record: Westfalia Fruit Estate, Tzaneen, Limpopo, South Africa, 23°42.4915'S, 30°5.9606'E, 26 September 2018, Leg. W.J. Nel, Det. A.J. Johnson [ FABI] .

Other specimens examined: Twello Forest, Baberton district, Mpumalanga, South Africa, October 1961, Leg. N. Leleup, Det. K. Schedl [DMNH as Chryphalomimus similaris , erroneously labelled as Scolytogenes similis , a synonym of Eidophelus darwini ].

Figures

FIGURE 11. Lateral and dorsal views of Eidophelus onyanganus, from Tzaneen, Limpopo, South Africa, specimen ID = WNB057. Scale = 1mm.