Silvanus difficilis is a species of silvan flat bark beetle widespread in Oriental region.

[1][2] Many Oriental countries including, Malaya, India,[3] Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Taiwan, Singapore, Sumatra, Java, Christmas Island, Sarawak, Borneo, Philippines, Moluccas, and New Guinea.

[4] There are records from West Africa, Britain,[5] New Ireland and Costa Rica.

Body color ranges from dull brown to yellow-brown and covered with short, semi-erect, golden pubescence.

They have found among commodities imported to Britain from the Oriental region.