Xyleborus ferrugineus ( Fabricius, 1801 )

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 : 75

188. Xyleborus ferrugineus ( Fabricius, 1801) ( Fig. 44 )

Bostrichus ferrugineus Fabricius, 1801

= Tomicus trypanaeoides Wollaston, 1867

= Xyleborus confusus Eichhoff, 1868b

= Xyleborus fuscatus Eichhoff, 1868b

= Xyleborus retusicollis Zimmermann, 1868

= Xyleborus amplicollis Eichhoff, 1869b

= Xyleborus insularis Sharp, 1885 [In Blackburn & Sharp 1885]

= Xyleborus tanganus Hagedorn, 1910

= Xyleborus nyssae Hopkins, 1915

= Xyleborus soltaui Hopkins, 1915

= Xyleborus hopkinsi Beeson, 1929

= Xyleborus argentinensis Schedl, 1931

= Xyleborus rufopiceus Eggers, 1932a

= Xyleborus schedli Eggers, 1934

= Xyleborus nesianus Beeson, 1940

= Xyleborus notatus Eggers, 1941a

= Xyleborus subitus Schedl, 1948d

Hosts: Polyphagous

Distribution in South Africa: Gauteng ( Schedl 1961a), KwaZulu-Natal ( Schedl 1962a, 1975a; Osorio et al. 2017), Limpopo ( Schedl 1975a, 1962b), Mpumalanga ( Schedl 1962a)

Specimens examined: Cape Vidal, Zululand, [KwaZulu-Natal], South Africa, 28°07'S, 32°32'E, 13 December 1975, Leg. Endrödy-Younga, Det. R . A. Beaver [ DMNH]. Tzaneen , Limpopo, South Africa, 23°44.4915'S, 30°11.2569'E, 20 September 2019, Leg. W.J. Nel, Det. A.J. Johnson [ FABI]. Klipkraal near Sabie, Mpumalanga, South Africa, 25°03'S, 30°50'E, 22 November 2008, FABI Sirex survey by-catch, Det. R . A. Beaver [ FABI] .

Figures

FIGURE 44. Lateral and dorsal views of Xyleborus ferrugineus, from Tzaneen, Limpopo, South Africa, specimen ID = WNB154. Scale = 1mm.