Hylurgus ligniperda ( Fabricius, 1787 )

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 : 41

72. Hylurgus ligniperda ( Fabricius, 1787) ( Fig. 16 )

Bostrichus ligniperda Fabricius, 1787

= Bostrichus elongatus Herbst, 1793

= Hylesinus flavipes Panzer, 1795

= Hylurgus longulus Kolenati, 1846

Hosts: Pinus spp.

Distribution in South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Western Cape ( Schedl 1957a, 1959a, 1982)

New records: Zululand, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Summer 2007, FABI Sirex survey by-catch, Det. R . A. Beaver [ FABI]. Driekop forestry station, Mpumalanga, South Africa, 24°54'S, 30°46'E, 20 November 2008, FABI Sirex survey by-catch [FABI].

Other specimens examined: Swartberg Pass , Cape Swartberg, Western Cape, South Africa, 32°22'S, 22°03'E, 26 October 1993, Leg. Endrödy-Younga, Det. R . A. Beaver [ DMNH] .

Notes: Hylurgus ligniperda is an introduced species in South Africa associated with Pinus plantations.

Figures

FIGURE 16. Lateral and dorsal views of Hylurgus ligniperda, from Driekop forestry station, Mpumalanga, South Africa. Scale = 2mm.