Xyloctonus scolytoides 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 : 81

208. Xyloctonus scolytoides Eichhoff, 1872 ( Fig. 48 )

= Xyloctonus emarginatus Eggers, 1939a

= Xyloctonus latus Eggers, 1939a

Hosts: Vitellaria (= Butyrospermum ) parkii, Madhuca (= Illipe latifolia ), Mimusops afra , Olea capensis subsp. macrocarpa

DNA data from South African species: Pistone et al. (2018) — COI: JX263872 .

Distribution in South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal ( Eichhoff 1872), Eastern Cape ( Schedl 1957a, 1961a), Limpopo ( Schedl 1982; Van Der Linde et al. 2018b), Mpumalanga ( Jordal 2024a), North-West ( Van Der Linde et al. 2018b), Western Cape ( Schedl 1965a)

Specimens examined: Westfalia Fruit Estate, Tzaneen, Limpopo, South Africa, 23°42.4915'S, 30°5.9606'E, 20 September 2019, Leg. W.J. Nel [ FABI]. East London , Cape Province [now Eastern Cape, South Africa], August 1926, Leg. Dr. G. Rattray [ SANC]. Mkuzi Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 1962, Leg. E.D. Thomas, Ac. N. 16 [ SANC] .

Problematic records

PLATYPODINAE

Figures

FIGURE 48. Lateral and dorsal views of Xyloctonus scolytoides from Tzaneen, Limpopo, South Africa, specimen ID = WNB190. Scale = 1mm.