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 Microperus abbreviatus (Schedl, 1942) comb. nov. Xyleborus abbreviatus Schedl, 1942a: 195 . Coptodryas abbreviatus (Schedl) : Wood & Bright 1992: 823 . Remarks. An image of the lectotype (NHMW) was examined. The species is transferred to Microperus Wood, 1980 because of the following characteristics: scutellum narrow, minute, convex and slightly raised above elytra; dense tuft of setae present along elytral base associated with an elytral mycangium; elytral bases sinuate, costate; pronotum from dorsal view basic and parallel-sided (type 2); anterior margin of pronotum without a row of serrations. Distribution. West Malaysia .