Plesioxylion gambianus Borowski, 2018

Liu, Lan-Yu & Beaver, Roger A., 2023, A new West African genus of Bostrichidae (Coleoptera), and a key to the Afrotropical genera of tribe Xyloperthini, European Journal of Taxonomy 885 (1), pp. 21-32 : 27

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2023.885.2185
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CCA77690-CBAF-48CD-A29C-0C9A93E8EDA6
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8206052
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F087C6-FFDD-FFC8-FE62-B717AC83FC68
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Plesioxylion gambianus Borowski, 2018
status	gen. et comb. nov.

Treatment

Plesioxylion gambianus Borowski, 2018 gen. et comb. nov.

New records

MALI • 1 ♀; Prov. Koulikoro, Kreis Kati, Kenieroba, Umgebung ; 11–15 Jun. 2016; M. Egger leg.; LYL .

SENEGAL • 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀; Park National / du Niokolo Koba ; 24 Dec. 1997; C. Tendi!/ leg.; (Mag. Num. 1978); RBINS • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; LYL .

These new records indicate that the species is distributed more widely in West Africa than its original location in Gambia.