Euwallacea xanthopus ( Eichhoff, 1868a )

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 : 70

172. Euwallacea xanthopus ( Eichhoff, 1868a) ( Fig. 38 )

Xyleborus xanthopus Eichhoff, 1868a

= Xyleborus fraternus Blandford, 1896c

= Xyleborus kivuensis Eggers, 1935

= Xyleborus artehybridus Schedl, 1951b

Hosts: Polyphagous

Distribution in South Africa: Eastern Cape ( Schedl 1962a), KwaZulu-Natal ( Schedl 1957a, 1962a, 1965a, 1975a, 1982; Osorio et al. 2017), Limpopo; Western Cape ( Wood & Bright 1992)

New Record : Westfalia Fruit Estate, Tzaneen, Limpopo, South Africa, 23°42.4915'S, 30°5.9606'E, 20 September 2019, Leg. W.J. Nel, Det. A.J. Johnson [ FABI] .

Other specimens examined: Silaka Forest Station , Eastern Cape, South Africa, 31°33'S, 29°30'E, 24 November 1987, Leg. Endrödy-Younga, Det. R . A. Beaver [ DMNH]. Kwambonambi, Zululand, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 25 March 1970, Leg. T . W. Drinkwater, Det. K.E. Schedl, Ac. X. 2437 [ SANC] .

Notes: This species is often confused with members of the Euwallacea fornicatus species complex [personal observation].

Figures

FIGURE 38. Lateral and dorsal views of Euwallacea xanthopus, from Tzaneen, Limpopo, South Africa, specimen ID = WNB185. Scale = 1mm.