Xylosandrus mancus

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Xyleborus mancus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Phytophaga
Superfamily:
Curculionoidea
Family:
Curculionidae
Genus:
Xylosandrus
Species:
X. mancus
Binomial name
Xylosandrus mancus
(Blanford, 1898)
Synonyms
  • Xyleborus mancusBlanford, 1898
  • Apoxyleborus mancus(Blanford): Wood, 1980
  • Xylosandrus mancus(Blanford): Wood, 1984
  • Xyleborus abruptusSampson, 1914
  • Xyleborus mancus formosanusEggers, 1930

Xylosandrus mancus, is a species of weevil found in Afrotropical and Oriental regions. [1] [2]

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Distribution

It is native to Madagascar, Mauritania, Seychelles, Tanzania, China, India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysian Peninsula, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. [3] [4]

Description

Body length of the female ranges from 2.9 to 3.3 mm. Body yellowish brown to brown. Elytra dark brown at apex and declivity. Antennae and legs are yellowish brown. Antennea with 5 funicular segments and obliquely truncate club. Pronotal vestiture is semi-appressed and with hairy setae. Pronotal base covered with a dense patch of short erect setae that resemble a pronotal-mesonotal mycangium. Pronotal disc is moderately punctate. Pronotum consists with lateral costa and not carinate. Protibiae with 5 socketed teeth, whereas mesotibiae with 11 and metatibiae with 12 socketed teeth. In elytra, discal striae and interstriae multiseriate are punctate. Declivital elytral face is steep and abruptly separated from disc. Margin of the elytral declivity with a carina or sometimes forms a rim of granules that extends beyond the seventh interstriae by making a circumdeclivital ring. [3]

A polyphagous species, it is found in many plants. [3]

Host plants

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References

  1. ↑ "SE Asian Ambrosia Beetle ID: Fact sheet". idtools.org. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
  2. ↑ "Occurrence of the introduced Xylosandrus germanus (Blandford, 1894) in Hungary - a genetic evidence (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)" (PDF). FOLI A ENTOMOLOGIC A HUNGARIC A ROVARTAN I KÖZLEMÉNYE K Volume 68 2007 pp. 97-104. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
  3. 1 2 3 "Phylogenetic revision of Xylosandrus Reitter (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Xyleborina)". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences Volume: 61 :451-545. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
  4. ↑ Beaver, R. A.; Sittichaya, W.; Liu, L-Y. (2014-10-21). "Xylosandrus mancus". doi:10.5281/zenodo.5131084 . Retrieved 2021-09-06.


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