Three Coleopterous Tree Borers Newly Recorded in Egypt

Authors

Department of Applied Entomology and Zoology, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University

Abstract

During a taxonomic study on tree borers in Egypt, three beetles of them were recorded for the first time in Egypt.
They were Bostrychoplites sp. and Heterobostrychus equalis (Waterhouse, 1884) belonging to family Bostrichidae and
Acanthoscelides macrophthalmus (Schaeffer, 1907) belonging to family Bruchidae. In this study illustrated description of
these species were given with the collecting date, location and host plant.