A Synopsis of the Scolytine Ambrosia Beetles of Thailand (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)
Author
Beaver, R. A.
rogerbeaver6@gmail.com
Author
Sittichaya, W.
Author
Liu, L-Y.
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Zootaxa
2014
2014-10-21
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146.
Xyleborus bidentatus
(Motschulsky)
Phloeotrogus bidentatus
Motschulsky, 1863: 514
.
Xyleborus bidentatus
(Motschulsky)
:
Eichhoff, 1878b: 505
.
Xyleborus subcostatus
Eichhoff, 1869: 281
. Synonymy:
Hulcr & Cognato, 2013: 150
.
Thai distribution: (unspecified province) (
Eichhoff 1869
as
Xyleborus subcostatus
);
S:
Ranong
(
Murphy & Meepol 1990
as
Progenius bidentatus
). No more recent records from
Thailand
.
Other distribution: From
India
through Southeast Asia and
Indonesia
to New
Guinea
and the Pacific islands. Intercepted in
Japan
in timber imported from the region. Also recorded from EastAfrica and
Madagascar
. (4)
Biology:
Murphy and Meepol (1990)
suggest an association with mangroves in southern
Thailand
, as do
Maiti and Saha (2004)
in the Sundarbans and Andaman Islands, but overall the species is polyphagous (
Schedl 1963
).
Beeson (1930
as
Xyleborus riehli
Eichhoff
) describes the gallery system. Numbers caught in light traps in
Ranong
are related to rainfall by
Murphy and Meepol (1990)
.
Illustrations: P (Hulcr 2013); D (
Maiti &
Saha
2004
).