Xyleborinus exiguus (Walker)

Rabaglia, Robert J., Beaver, Roger A., Johnson, Andrew J., Schmaedick, Mark A. & Smith, Sarah M., 2020, The bark and ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae) of American Samoa, Zootaxa 4808 (1), pp. 171-195 : 183

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4808.1.11
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4340698
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scientific name	Xyleborinus exiguus (Walker)
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* Xyleborinus exiguus (Walker) View in CoL

Bostrichus exiguus Walker, 1859: 260 .

Xyleborinus exiguus (Walker) View in CoL : Maiti & Saha 1986: 109.

Xyleborinus perexiguus Schedl, 1971: 381 View in CoL . Synonymy: Hulcr & Cognato 2013: 142.

Schedl (1951a) and Beaver (1976 as Xyleborinus perexiguus Schedl View in CoL ) reported this species from Upolu, Samoa. It occurs in Africa, Asia, Australia, North America and many of the Pacific islands. It was one of the most common species in ethanol-and quercivorol - baited traps during this survey.

Current survey records: American Samoa: Tutuila Isl.: Asili , 19 vii 2006, BG mosquito trap in village, M. Schmaedick coll. (1, NMNH) ; Other locations: Tutuila Isl.: Aoa , Fagaalu , Iliili , Malaeimi , Maloata , Masausi , Nu’uuli ; Aunu‘u Isl. , 22 xii 2016 – 12 i 2017, Ethanol-baited multifunnel trap in DoA plot, -14.2855 -170.5550, M. Meredith coll. (2, ASCC) GoogleMaps ; Ofu Isl., Ofu , 16 v–6 vi 2018, Quercivorol-baited multifunnel trap in Rhus 2° forest, -14.1674 -169.6761, M. Schmaedick coll. (2, ASCC) GoogleMaps ; Olosega Isl. : Olosega, 16 v–6 vi 2018, Quercivorol-baited multifunnel trap in Rhus 2° forest, -14.1814 -169.6130, M. Schmaedick coll. (1, ASCC) GoogleMaps ; Ta‘ū Isl.: Faleasao , 15 v–4 vi 2018, Quercivorol-baited multifunnel trap in 2° scrub, -14.2175 -169.5085, M. Schmaedick coll. (1, ASCC) GoogleMaps .

References

Beaver, R. A. (1976) The biology of Samoan bark and ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytidae and Platypodidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research, 65, 531 - 548. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0007485300006210

Hulcr, J. & Cognato, A. I. (2013) Xyleborini of New Guinea: a taxonomic monograph. Thomas Say Publications in Entomology, Entomological Society of America, Lanham, Maryland, 176 pp.

Maiti, P. K. & Saha, N. (1986) Contributions to the knowledge of the bark and timber beetles (Scolytidae: Coleoptera) of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Miscellaneous Publications, Occasional Papers, 86, 1 - 182.

Schedl, K. E. (1951 a) Fauna Samoanus (Scolytoidea), I. 109. Contribution to the morphology and taxonomy of the Scolytoidea. Occasional papers of Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 20, 131 - 156

Schedl, K. E. (1971) Indomalayan bark and timber beetles. 273. Contribution to the morphology and taxonomy of the Scolytoidea. Oriental Insects, 5, 361 - 399. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00305316.1971.10434023

Walker, F. (1859) Characters of some apparently undescribed Ceylon insects. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 3, 3, 258 - 265.