Xyleborinus saxesenii ( Ratzeburg, 1837 )

Karagyan, Gayane, Kalashian, Mark, Ghrejyan, Tigran, Mazmanyan, Meri & Petrov, Аlexander, 2024, Annotated Checklist of Armenian Platypodinae and Scolytinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Zootaxa 5514 (1), pp. 41-65 : 59-60

69. Xyleborinus saxesenii ( Ratzeburg, 1837)

Material. Lori: Teghut mine, nr. refuse heap, 41.0705° 44.8378°, 1210 m (soil traps), 19.06– 23.07.2015, G. Karagyan & M. Kalashian leg. (3 ex.) ; Vaghagnadzor , 02.06.1949, S. Iablokoff-Khnzorian leg. ; Tavush: Ijevan , forest, 10– 11.06.1949, S. Iablokoff-Khnzorian leg. ; env. Koghb vill., “Zikatar” Environmental Center, N41.1221° E44.9232°, 1310 m, pine artificial forest, pheromone traps, 25.05.– 05.07.2023 (2 ex.) and 18.08.– 27.09.2023, G. Karagyan & T. Ghrejyan leg.

Distribution. Azores, Great Britain, South and Central Europe, Scandinavian and Baltic countries, Belarus, Moldavia, Ukraine, European Russia, Azerbaijan, Israel, Syria, Asian Turkey, Iran, Canary Islands, North Africa, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Mongolia, Siberia, Russian Far East, China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, India (Uttar Pradesh, Sikkim), Oriental Region; introduced to Afrotropical, Australian, Nearctic and Neotropical Regions ( Knížek 2011b; Alonso-Zarazaga et al. 2017, 2023); as Xyleborus reported by Stark (1952) and Arnoldi et al. (1955) from Caucasus and by Nikitsky & Izhevsky (2005) also from Transcaucasia without country data. Armenia: also as Xyleborus reported by Mirzoian (1954) as distributed in all forests of North Armenia, by Iablokoff-Khnzorian (1957) from Ijevan (Tavush Province) and by Mirzoian (1977) also from Ararat valley.

Hosts. Quercus , Fagus , Carpinus .