Xylopsocus capucinus (Fabricius, 1781)

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 : 540

Xylopsocus capucinus (Fabricius, 1781)

Fig. 41 (A, B)

Apate capucinus Fabricius, 1781: 62 .

Distribution in China. Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan ( Hua 2002).

Other distribution. Distributed throughout South and Southeast Asia from India through Indonesia to the Melanesian islands. Introduced into Africa, North and South America.

Host plants. Numerous host trees are listed by Beeson & Bhatia (1937), who also describe the seasonal cycle. Woodruff et al. (2005) give further information.

Figures

FIGURE 41. (A, B) Lateral (A) and dorsal (B) views of Xylopsocus capucinus (Fabricius, 1781). Total horizontal scale bar of B =1 mm.