Aphanarthrum germeauxi ( Menier, 1973 )

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 : 82

2. Aphanarthrum germeauxi ( Menier, 1973)

Coleobothrus germeauxi Menier, 1973

Hosts: Euphorbia ingens

Distribution in South Africa: Limpopo, North-West ( Van Der Linde et al. 2018a)

Notes: The specimen pictured in Fig. 6 is the representative of the North-West specimen of this species housed in the FABI collection and is also the specimen mentioned in the original publication by Van Der Linde et al. (2018a). However, the specimen was misidentified and is missing the distinctly impressed declivity and rough sculpture on elytra (As determined by B. H. Jordal). As both the specimens housed in the FABI collection and those in the SANC collection were identified by R.A. Beaver we list the occurrence of the species in South Africa as problematic.

Figures

FIGURE 6. Lateral and dorsal views of Aphanarthrum sp., from Vryheid Cattle Farm, Limpopo, South Africa, det. from photo B. H. Jordal. Scale = 1mm.