Crossotarsus saundersi

Crossotarsus saundersi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Phytophaga
Superfamily:	Curculionoidea
Family:	Curculionidae
Genus:	Crossotarsus
Species:	C. saundersi
Binomial name
Crossotarsus saundersi Chapuis, 1865

Crossotarsus saundersi, commonly known as stem borer, ^[1] is a species of weevil found in Sri Lanka, Australia and New Zealand. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Description

It is a common beetle abundantly during the autumn and the spring. They are known as pinhole borers where they attack freshly felled tree trunks. Beetles are abundant in regions of moderate rainfall and in wet zones. ^[6]

References

1. "Crossotarsus saundersi Chapius, 1865". Government of Western Australia. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
2. Schedl, Karl E. (1948-09-01). "XLVI.—Contribution to the Morphology and Taxonomy of the Scolytoidea". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 1 (9): 664–668. doi:10.1080/00222934808653938 . Retrieved 2021-08-21.
3. Brockerhoff, Eckehard G.; Knížek, Miloš; Bain, John (2003-12-01). "Checklist of indigenous and adventive bark and ambrosia beetles (Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae) of New Zealand and interceptions of exotic species (1952-2000)". New Zealand Entomologist. 26 (1): 29–44. Bibcode:2003NZEnt..26...29B. doi:10.1080/00779962.2003.9722106. S2CID   83560459 . Retrieved 2021-08-21.
4. BLETCHLY, J. D. (1961). "A Review of Factors Affecting Ambrosia Beetle Attack in Trees and Felled Logs". Empire Forestry Review. 1 (103): 13–18. JSTOR   42602793 . Retrieved 2021-08-21.
5. F.E.S, W. F. H. Blandford M. A. F. Z. S. (1895-04-01). "XXXVI.—A list of the Scolytidæ collected in Ceylon by Mr. George Lewis, with descriptions of new species". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 15 (88): 315–328. doi:10.1080/00222939508677888 . Retrieved 2021-08-21.
6. "HOST AS AN EN\/IRONMENT IN THE ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION OF INSECT BORERS IN FRESHLY FELLED TREE TRUNKS" (PDF). Proc. Symp. Host. Environ. zool. Surv. India, : i-vi, 1983. Retrieved 2021-08-20.