Xyleborus perforans (Wollaston)

Beaver, Roger A. & Smith, Sarah M., 2022, The bark and ambrosia beetles of Bhutan (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae): a synopsis with three new species of Scolytinae, Zootaxa 5174 (1), pp. 1-24 : 15

Xyleborus perforans (Wollaston)

Tomicus perforans Wollaston, 1857: 96 .

Xyleborus perforans (Wollaston) : Eichhoff 1878: 403.

This species was recorded from Bhutan by Schedl (1975).

Distribution. Widely distributed throughout tropical parts of the Afrotropical, Australian and Oriental regions.

Biology. The species is strongly polyphagous (e.g. Browne 1961; Schedl 1963; Gray & Wylie 1974; Ohno 1990). Its biology has been described by Beeson (1961), Browne (1961), Schedl (1963) and Kalshoven (1964). The species sometimes attacks weakened or injured trees, and can be a minor pest ( Browne 1968), but its attacks are usually secondary. Due to its abundance, the species can be important in the downgrade of recently felled timber.