Xyleborus antaisaka Schedl, 1953a

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 : 74

183. Xyleborus antaisaka Schedl, 1953a ( Fig. 43 )

Hosts: Polyphagous

Distribution in South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal ( Schedl 1962a), Limpopo

New record: 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] .

Other specimens examined: Lower Stinkwood Forest , Weza, S. Natal [KwaZulu-Natal], South Africa, 30°34'S, 29°43'E, 27 November 1989, Leg. Endrödy-Younga, Det. R . A. Beaver [ DMNH]. Port Dunford , KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 07 January 1959, Leg. J.H. Grobler, Det. K.E. Schedl, Ac. X. 228 [ SANC] .

Notes: There has been a long history of confusion in specimens of X. antaisaka and X. madagascariensis . We did not directly compare specimens to types to validate the identifications.

Figures

FIGURE 43. Lateral and dorsal views of Xyleborus antaisaka, from Tzaneen, Limpopo, South Africa, specimen ID = WNB074. Scale = 1mm.