One hundred eighteen taxonomic changes among Xyleborine ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) Author Smith, Sarah M. 0000-0002-5173-3736 Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, 288 Farm Lane, 243 Natural Science Bldg., East Lansing, MI 48824, USA. smith 462 @ msu. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5173 - 3736 smith462@msu.edu Author Beaver, Roger A. 161 / 2 Mu 5, Soi Wat Pranon, T. Donkaew, A. Maerim, Chiangmai 50180, Thailand. Author Sittichaya, Wisut 0000-0001-6200-1285 Agricultural Innovation and Management Division, Faculty of Natural Resources, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, 90110, Thailand. wanakorn 62 @ hotmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6200 - 1285 & Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, 288 Farm Lane, 243 Natural Science Bldg., East Lansing, MI 48824, USA. cognato @ msu. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6436 - 2447 wanakorn62@hotmail.com text Zootaxa 2022 2022-10-05 5194 2 151 175 journal article 158408 10.11646/zootaxa.5194.2.1 ca4aa334-4646-495b-9116-1766a7376728 1175-5326 7147098 C6F3069F-6EC1-4FAC-8870-FC0B53BD45EF Cyclorhipidion amanicum ( Hagedorn, 1910 ) comb. nov. Xyleborus amanicus Hagedorn, 1910: 11 . Xyleborus jongaensis Schedl, 1941: 404 . syn. nov. Remarks. An image of a nontype X. amanicus specimen in Schedl’s collection (NHMW) and an image of the X. jongaensis lectotype (NHMW) were examined and found to be conspecific. The species is transferred to Cyclorhipidion Hagedorn, 1912 based on the following combination of characters: most of body covered with dense pubescence and very abundant minute punctures; pronotum and elytra rounded, with no conspicuous edges or carinae; visible scutellum, contiguous procoxae and lack of mycangial tufts. Distribution. Throughout central Africa from Ghana and Nigeria to Kenya and Tanzania .