Doliopygus erichsoni ( Chapuis, 1865 )

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 : 23

8. Doliopygus erichsoni ( Chapuis, 1865) ( Fig. 2 )

Crossotarsus erichsoni Chapuis, 1865

= Platypus varius Sampson, 1924b

Hosts: Polyphagous

Distribution in South Africa: Eastern Cape ( Schedl 1962b), Limpopo ( Schedl 1957a), Mpumalanga ( Schedl 1962b), Western Cape ( Schedl 1957a, 1962b), Southern Cape Forest Region ( Zwolinski & Geldenhuys 1988)

Specimens examined: Resolution, Albang district , [Eastern Cape], South Africa, 1929, Leg. A. Walton, Det. R . A. Beaver [ DMNH]. Westfalia Fruit Estate , Tzaneen, Limpopo, South Africa, 23°42.4915'S, 30°5.9606'E, 02 September 2019, Leg. W.J. Nel [ FABI]. Tzaneen, Limpopo, South Africa, November 1944, Det. K.E. Schedl, SN 2420 [ SANC] .

Figures

FIGURE 2. Lateral and dorsal views of Doliopygus erichsoni. (A–B) Female, (C–D) Male, from Tzaneen, Limpopo, South Africa, specimen ID = WNB0199. Scale = 2mm.