Sinoxylon anale as wood borer insect and its parasites

Abstract

Sinoxylon anale as wood borer insect and its parasites. A piece of furniture imported to Warsaw from India was used for the investigations. The wood borer insect was defined as Sinoxylon anale Lesne. The wood was hardly damaged by the larvae. There is 4.8 cm3 of wood for one adult who has left wood. In the conditions of high population density of the local population of S. anale only few holes of adults of Chalcidoidea have been found that are parasites. The death of adults in exuvium was probably caused by microorganisms