The bark and ambrosia beetles of Bhutan (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae): a synopsis with three new species of Scolytinae
Author
Beaver, Roger A.
161 / 2 Mu 5, Soi Wat Pranon, T. Donkaew, A. Maerim, Chiangmai 50180, Thailand.
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
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-08-08
5174
1
1
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journal article
115950
10.11646/zootaxa.5174.1.1
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Ambrosiodmus minor
(Stebbing)
Phloeosinus minor
Stebbing, 1907: 37
.
Dryocoetes minor
(Stebbing)
:
Stebbing 1914: 549
.
Xyleborus minor
(Stebbing)
:
Beeson 1930: 70
.
Ambrosiodmus minor
(Stebbing)
:
Wood & Bright 1992: 676
.
Recorded from
Bhutan
by
Schedl (1975)
.
Distribution.
South
China
,
India
and
Nepal
, through Southeast Asia to East
Malaysia
,
Taiwan
.
Biology.
A polyphagous species like the majority of
Xyleborini
.
Beeson (1930)
describes the biology, gallery system and phenology. He notes that the species tends to attack timber which has been felled for several weeks rather than freshly felled.