Ambrosiodmus obliquus ( LeConte, 1878b )

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 : 65

159. Ambrosiodmus obliquus ( LeConte, 1878b)

Pityophthorus obliquus LeConte, 1878b

= Xyleborus gilvipes Blandford, 1898

= Ambrosiodmus linderae Hopkins, 1915

= Xyleborus brasiliensis Eggers, 1928a

= Xyleborus mexicanus Eggers, 1931

= Xyleborus illepidus Schedl, 1941a

= Xyleborus pseudobrasiliensis Eggers, 1941a

= Xyleborus melanarius Schedl, 1978

Hosts: Polyphagous

Distribution in South Africa: Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal ( Mandelshtam & Danielsson 2004)

New records: Ntsubane Forest, Transkei [Eastern Cape], South Africa, 31°27'S, 29°44'E, 01 December 1988, Leg. Endrödy-Younga, Det. R. A. Beaver [ DMNH]. Syndicate, Cape Province, South Africa, July 1915, Det. K.E. Schedl, SN 3670 [ SANC as Xyleborus illepidus ] .

Notes: This species is reported as widespread in Africa and the Americas, but specimens do not look identical across their range, and it is likely that the African specimens represent a few different Afrotropical species. No type material was examined during the current investigation so we refrain from making any taxonomic changes.