Xyleborus affinis Eichhoff, 1868b

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 : 73

182. Xyleborus affinis Eichhoff, 1868b ( Fig. 42 )

= Xyleborus affinis fuscobrunneus Eichhoff, 1878b

= Xyleborus affinis mascarensis Eichhoff, 1878b

= Xyleborus affinis parvus Eichhoff, 1878b

= Xyleborus sacchari Hopkins, 1915

= Xyleborus subaffinis Eggers, 1933c

= Xyleborus societatis Beeson, 1935b

= Xyleborus proximus Eggers, 1943b

Hosts: Polyphagous

DNA data from South African species: Nel et al. (2021) — COI: MT355516 .

Distribution in South Africa: Eastern Cape ( Schedl 1962a, 1975a, 1982; Mandelshtam & Danielsson 2004), Gauteng ( Schedl 1982), KwaZulu-Natal ( Schedl 1975a, 1962a, 1982; Osorio et al. 2017), Limpopo ( Schedl 1982; Nel et al. 2021), Mpumalanga ( Schedl 1982)

Specimens examined: Westfalia Fruit Estate, Tzaneen, Limpopo, South Africa 23°42.4915'S, 30°5.9606'E, 13 March 2019, Leg. W.J. Nel, Det. A.J. Johnson [ FABI]. Lothion, Transvaal [now Mpumalanga], South Africa, 18 May 1956, Leg. J.H. Grobler, Ac. X. 148 [ SANC as Xyleborus mascarensis ]. Natal [now KwaZulu-Natal], South Africa, 1961, Det. A.J. Duffy [ FABI] .

Figures

FIGURE 42. Lateral and dorsal views of Xyleborus affinis, from Tzaneen, Limpopo, South Africa, specimen ID = WNB129. Scale = 1mm.