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Issue: Vol. 71 No. 2: 6 Nov. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-11-06
DOI: 10.12976/jib/2025.71.2.1
Page range: 34-42
Abstract views: 59
PDF downloaded: 8

New record for Peru of the invasive Asian beetle Xylopsocus capucinus (Fabricius, 1781) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae: Bostrichinae), with biological and ecological notes

Centro Experimental Yanayacu, Dirección de Servicios Estratégicos Agrarios (DESA), Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria (INIA), Carretera Jaén San Ignacio km 23.7, Jaén 06801, Cajamarca, Perú.
Centro Experimental Yanayacu, Dirección de Servicios Estratégicos Agrarios (DESA), Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria (INIA), Carretera Jaén San Ignacio km 23.7, Jaén 06801, Cajamarca, Perú.
Centro Experimental Yanayacu, Dirección de Servicios Estratégicos Agrarios (DESA), Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria (INIA), Carretera Jaén San Ignacio km 23.7, Jaén 06801, Cajamarca, Perú.
Centro Experimental Yanayacu, Dirección de Servicios Estratégicos Agrarios (DESA), Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria (INIA), Carretera Jaén San Ignacio km 23.7, Jaén 06801, Cajamarca, Perú.
Instituto Superior Hidalgo. Calle Cerrada de Juárez, 327 Col. Centro, C.P. 86706 Macuspana, Tabasco, México.
Beetles borers agroecosystems cocoa interception traps

Abstract

As part of our study of saproxylic fauna in cocoa (Theobroma cacao Linnaeus, 1753) sites in northern Peru, we present a new record of Xylopsocus capucinus (Fabricius, 1781) in the country. The species X. capucinus is considered an invasive beetle in the Bostrichidae family to Central America. Our report includes biological and ecological data from this site, as well as detailed taxonomic information and images to facilitate identification.

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