Styracoptinus murex ( Blandford, 1896a )

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 : 43

80. Styracoptinus murex ( Blandford, 1896a) ( Fig. 18 )

Styracopterus murex Blandford, 1896a

Hosts: Acacia spp. , Spirostachys africana

DNA data from South African species: Johnson et al. (2018) —28S: MT120909 .

Distribution in South Africa: Gauteng ( Schedl 1982), KwaZulu-Natal ( Schedl 1957a, 1961a), Limpopo ( Schedl 1982), Mpumalanga

New records: Skukuza Research Camp, Kruger National Park, [Mpumalanga], South Africa, 24°59'S, 31°35'E, 07 March 1996, Leg. Endrödy-Younga [ DMNH]. Mpumalanga, South Africa, 27°15.3'S, 31°05.55'E, 06 November 2012, MP3 F5 [FABI].

Other specimens examined: Punda Milia, Kruger National Park , Limpopo, South Africa, 02 February 1969, Leg. T . W. Drinkwater, Acx 2360 [ SANC]. Onder Sabie, Kruger National Park , Mpumalanga, South Africa, 17 August 1971, Leg. T . W. Drinkwater, Ac. X. 2689 [ SANC] .

IPINI Bedel, 1888

Figures

FIGURE 18. Lateral and dorsal views of Styracoptinus murex, from Hluhluwe, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, specimen ID = WNB293. Scale = 1mm.