Xylothrips flavipes (Illiger, 1801)

Zhang, Yi-Feng, Meng, Ling-Zeng & Beaver, Roger A., 2022, A review of the non-lyctine powder-post beetles of Yunnan (China) with a new genus and new species (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae), Zootaxa 5091 (4), pp. 501-545 : 541

Xylothrips flavipes (Illiger, 1801)

Fig. 44 (A, B, C)

Apate flavipes Illiger, 1801: 171 .

Distribution in China. Guangdong, Hainan, Shaanxi, Taiwan, Yunnan ( Huang 1987; Hua 2002).

Other distribution. South and Southeast Asia from India to the Indonesian archipelago, Arabian peninsula, Madagascar and Indian Ocean islands. Introduced to Europe and North America ( Beaver et al. 2011).

Host plants. A polyphagous species with many recorded host plants ( Beeson & Bhatia 1937; Beaver et al. 2011). It is the most abundant species in durian orchards in S. Thailand ( Sittichaya et al. 2013). The life cycle takes a minimum of three months and there can be 2–3 generations per year ( Beeson & Bhatia 1937).

Figures

FIGURE 44. (A, B, C) Dorsal (A♀) and head (B♀, C♂) views of Xylothrips flavipes (Illiger, 1801). Plate A was cited from weblink https://www.zin.ru/animalia/coleoptera/rus/xylflams.htm.