Crossotarsus saundersi explained

Crossotarsus saundersi, commonly known as stem borer,^[1] is a species of weevil found in Sri Lanka, Australia and New Zealand.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Description

It is a common beetle abundantly during the autumn and the spring. They are known as pinhole borers where they attack freshly felled tree trunks. Beetles are abundant in regions of moderate rainfall and in wet zones.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Crossotarsus saundersi Chapius, 1865 . 2021-08-20 . Government of Western Australia.
2. Schedl . Karl E. . 1948-09-01 . XLVI.—Contribution to the Morphology and Taxonomy of the Scolytoidea . 2021-08-21 . Annals and Magazine of Natural History . 1 . 9 . 664–668 . 10.1080/00222934808653938.
3. Brockerhoff . Eckehard G. . Knížek . Miloš . Bain . John . 2003-12-01 . Checklist of indigenous and adventive bark and ambrosia beetles (Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae) of New Zealand and interceptions of exotic species (1952-2000) . 2021-08-21 . New Zealand Entomologist . 26 . 1 . 29–44 . 10.1080/00779962.2003.9722106. 2003NZEnt..26...29B . 83560459 .
4. BLETCHLY . J. D. . 1961 . A Review of Factors Affecting Ambrosia Beetle Attack in Trees and Felled Logs . 2021-08-21 . Empire Forestry Review . 1 . 103 . 13–18. 42602793 .
5. F.E.S . W. F. H. Blandford M. A. F. Z. S. . 1895-04-01 . XXXVI.—A list of the Scolytidæ collected in Ceylon by Mr. George Lewis, with descriptions of new species . 2021-08-21 . Annals and Magazine of Natural History . 15 . 88 . 315–328 . 10.1080/00222939508677888.
6. Web site: HOST AS AN EN\/IRONMENT IN THE ECOLOGICAL SUCCESSION OF INSECT BORERS IN FRESHLY FELLED TREE TRUNKS . 2021-08-20 . Proc. Symp. Host. Environ. zool. Surv. India, : i-vi, 1983.