Xyleborus perforans Wollaston 1857 (bark beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Alternative combination: Tomicus perforans
Synonyms: Bostrichus testaceus Walker 1859, Xyleborus testaceus Walker 1859
Belongs to Xyleborus according to S. L. Wood and D. E. Bright 1992
See also Schedl 1939
Sister taxa: Xyleborus alluaudi, Xyleborus dispar, Xyleborus dryographus, Xyleborus ferrugineus, Xyleborus priscus, Xyleborus resinosus
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at East Africa Copal (BMNH coll) (Quaternary of Tanzania)
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