Xyleborus perforans ( Wollaston, 1857 )

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 : 76-77

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5648.1.1
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scientific name	Xyleborus perforans ( Wollaston, 1857 )
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Treatment

191. Xyleborus perforans ( Wollaston, 1857) View in CoL Tomicus perforans Wollaston, 1857 = Bostrichus testaceus Walker, 1859 = Xyleborus duponti Montrouzier, 1861 = Anodius denticulus Motschulsky, 1863 = Anodius tuberculatus Motschulsky, 1863 = Xyleborus kraatzi Eichhoff, 1868a = Xyleborus kraatzii philippinensis Eichhoff, 1878 = Xyleborus immaturus Blackburn, 1885 = Xylopertha hirsutus Lea, 1894 = Xyleborus whitteni Beeson, 1935a = Xyleborus apertus Schedl, 1939b = Xyleborus cylindrus Schedl, 1951b = Xyleborus criticus Schedl, 1950d = Xyleborus shionomisakiensis Murayama, 1951 = Xyleborus minimus Schedl, 1955b

Hosts: Polyphagous

Distribution in South Africa: Eastern Cape ( Osorio et al. 2017), KwaZulu-Natal ( Osorio et al. 2017)

Specimens examined: Ndumu, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 26°55'S, 32°18'E, 20 November 2002, Leg. J. Harrison & R GoogleMaps . Müller, Det. Mandelshtam [ DMNH] .

Notes: There has been a long history of confusion in specimens of X. perforans and X. volvulus .