Eccoptopterus spinosus ( Olivier, 1795 )

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 : 67-68

168. Eccoptopterus spinosus ( Olivier, 1795) ( Fig. 35 )

Scolytus spinosus Olivier, 1795

= Eccoptopterus sexspinosus Motschulsky, 1863

= Xyleborus abnormis Eichhoff, 1869a

= Platydactylus gracilipes Eichhoff, 1886

= Xyleborus sexspinosus multispinosus Hagedorn, 1908

= Xyleborus collaris Eggers, 1923

= Eccoptopterus sagittarius Schedl, 1939c

= Xyleborus sexspinosus pluridentatus Schedl, 1942a

= Xyleborus eccoptopterus Schedl, 1951c

Hosts: Polyphagous

Distribution in South Africa: Eastern Cape ( Osorio et al. 2017), KwaZulu-Natal (Schedl 1975), Limpopo ( Van Der Linde et al. 2018b)

Specimens examined: Tzaneen, Limpopo, South Africa, 23°44.4915'S, 30°11.2569'E, 20 September 2019, Leg. W.J. Nel [ FABI]. Dukuduku, Zululand, [KwaZulu-Natal], South Africa, 06 March 1969, Leg. P.F. du Toit, Det. K.E. Schedl, Ac. X. 2258 [ SANC] .

Figures

FIGURE 35. Lateral and dorsal views of Eccoptopterus spinosus from Tzaneen, Limpopo, South Africa, specimen ID = WNB150. Scale = 1mm.