Xyleborinus andrewesi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Curculionidae
Genus: Xyleborinus
Species:
X. andrewesi
Binomial name
Xyleborinus andrewesi
(Blandford, 1896)
Synonyms
  • Xyleborus andrewesi Blandford, 1896
  • Xyleborinus mimosae (Schedl, 1957)
  • Xyleborus mimosae Schedl, 1957
  • Xyleborus persephenos Schedl, 1970
  • Xyleborus insolitus Bright, 1972
  • Cryptoxyleborus gracilior Browne, 1984

Xyleborinus andrewesi, is a species of weevil widely distributed throughout the Old World tropics and introduced to many New World countries.[1][2][3]

Distribution

It is native to Kenya, Seychelles, Zambia, Bangladesh, Myanmar, China, Japan, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, New Guinea, Micronesia, and Papua New Guinea. It is found as an introduced species from Hawaii, Cuba, Jamaica, and United States.[4][5]

Description

This small, elongate-cylindrical beetle is about 2mm long. Body dark red-dish-brown in color. Elytra sub-acuminate. There are rows of many strong, acuminate tubercles found on the first and third interstriae.

A polyphagous species, it has been recorded from 59 host plants belong to 29 families.

Host plants

References

  1. ↑ "New North American Record for Xyleborinus andrewesi (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)". Florida Entomologist 93(1):133-134. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
  2. ↑ Bateman, Craig; Kendra, Paul E.; Rabaglia, Robert; Hulcr, Jiri (July 2015). "Fungal symbionts in three exotic ambrosia beetles, Xylosandrus amputatus, Xyleborinus andrewesi, and Dryoxylon onoharaense (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Xyleborini) in Florida". Symbiosis. 66 (3): 141–148. doi:10.1007/s13199-015-0353-z. S2CID 14584542. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
  3. ↑ "ambrosia beetle Xyleborinus andrewesi (Blandford, 1896)". www.invasive.org. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
  4. ↑ "Bark and Ambrosia Beetles of, Xyleborinus andrewesi (Blandford 1896) (introduced)". www.barkbeetles.info. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
  5. ↑ Cognato, Anthony I.; Rubinoff, Daniel (September 2008). "New Exotic Ambrosia Beetles Found in Hawaii (Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Xyleborina)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 62 (3): 421–424. doi:10.1649/1084.1. S2CID 84315415. Retrieved 2021-09-04.


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