Xylosandrus amputatus (Blandford, 1894)

Gomez, Demian F., Rabaglia, Robert J., Fairbanks, Katherine E. O. & Hulcr, Jiri, 2018, North American Xyleborini north of Mexico: a review and key to genera and species (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae), ZooKeys 768, pp. 19-68 : 45

Xylosandrus amputatus (Blandford, 1894) Fig. 19

Xyleborus amputatus Blandford, 1894.

Xyleborus melli Eggers, 1926. Synonymy Beaver 2010.

Type material.

Holotype female; Japan: Higo; BMNH.

Distribution.

Asia; North America (introduced): Florida, Georgia.

Notes.

Xylosandrus amputatus was first discovered in the US from Florida in 2010 ( Cognato et al. 2011). Distinguished by the truncate elytral declivity with a carina forming a complete cirumdeclivital ring.