37.05. Xyleborus pfeilii (Ratzeburg, 1837)
Presence
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Figure 179: Xyleborus pfeilii, dorsal, lateral (Photo: Maja Jurc)
Older catalogs and keys – citations of name
Grüne 1979: Xyleborus pfeili Ratzeburg, 1837; Freude, Harde, Lohse 1981: Xyleborus pfeili Ratzeburg; Titovšek 1988: Xyleborus pfeili (Ratzeburg); Pfeffer & Knížek 1993: Xyleborus pfeili (Ratzeburg, 1837); Pfeffer 1995: X. pfeilii (Ratzeburg, 1837).
Figure 180: Xyleborus pfeilii, distribution map according to historical and recent data
Ecology and presence in Slovenia
The species is distributed in Europe, the southern European part of the former Soviet Union, North Africa, Asia and the Nearctic. Only two sites are known in Slovenia, one in Prekmurje and the other in a wood depo in Gorenjska (Figure 180). The hosts are Alnus glutinosa, Alnus spp., and more rarely Populus tremula and Populus spp.. The only recorded host in Slovenia is Alnus glutinosa (Velika Polana, Prekmurje). The specimens at the wood depo in Goričane were caught in a trap with the Linoprax® pheromone. The tunnel system is forked, located in the wood. Males measure 2.1-2.6 mm in length and females 3.0-3.6 mm. On the apex there are tiny denticles along the suture of the elytra and on the third interlinear space. X. pfeilii is an ambrosia beetle.