Xyleborus affinis Eichhoff 1868

Xyleborus affinis Eichhoff, 1868 Materials Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 15; sex: female; disposition: Wisut Sittichaya Private Collection; occurrenceID: 43C68396-E966-5ED0-9EF4-03ED66DA3B76; Taxon: kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Coleoptera; family: Curculionidae; genus: Xyleborus; specificEpithet: affinis; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: Eichhoff, 1868; taxonomicStatus: valid; Location: country: Thailand; locality: Songkhla Province, Hat Yai District; verbatimElevation: 120 m; verbatimCoordinates: 6 ° 55 ' 20.8 " N 100 ° 14 ' 48.8 " E; Identification: identifiedBy: Sittichaya & Smith; Event: eventDate: 12. viii. 2024; habitat: tropical rainforest; Record Level: type: Non type Distribution Thailand: More than 40 provinces in all regions of the country (WS, personal surveys). Notes This species breeds in all parts of the C. inermis tree (newly-recorded host), but is more abundant in larger sections of the trunk and main branches. Recorded progenies: 10–15 progeny with different ages, 3–4 clusters per brood (n = 15), sex ratio of 10–15: 1 (n = 3).