Crossotarsus externedentatus ( Fairmaire, 1850 )

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 : 21

1. Crossotarsus externedentatus ( Fairmaire, 1850) ( Fig. 1 )

Platypus externedentatus Fairmaire, 1850

= Crossotarsus saundersi Chapuis, 1865

= Diapus heritierae Stebbing, 1906

= Platypus posticus Broun, 1910

= Crossotarsus saundersi usambaricus Strohmeyer, 1911a

= Crossotarsus formosanus Strohmeyer, 1912b

= Crossotarsus nilgiricus Beeson, 1937

= Crossotarsus saundersi submontanus Beeson, 1937

Hosts: Polyphagous

Distribution in South Africa: Eastern Cape ( Osorio et al. 2017), KwaZulu-Natal ( Schedl 1957a, 1962b, 1975a) Specimens examined: Dukuduku Forest Station, Zululand, [KwaZulu-Natal], South Africa, 28°22'S, 32°19'E, 1996, Leg. Endrödy-Younga, Det. R.A. Beaver [DMNH]. Port Edward, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, from Macadamia integrifolia , 25 January 2019, Leg. S. Morgan, Det. W.J. Nel [FABI]. Zululand, [KwaZulu-Natal], South Africa, 1951, Det. D.J. Atkinson [FABI].

Figures

FIGURE 1. Lateral and dorsal views of Crossotarsus externedentatus. (A–B) Female, (C–D) Male, from South Africa, specimen ID = F0428. Scale = 2mm.