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
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journal article
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Euwallacea interjectus
(Blandford)
*
Xyleborus interjectus
Blandford, 1894: 576
.
Euwallacea interjectus
(Blandford)
:
Saha & Maiti 1984: 2
.
This species is newly recorded from
Bhutan
.
New record.
Bhutan
, Gedu, 6.viii.[19]85,
AF Padgham
, ex
Trewia nudiflora,
CIE A
17491 (8) (
NMHL
)
.
Distribution.
From the
Indian
subcontinent,
China
and
South Korea
through Southeast Asia and
Indonesia
to the
Philippines
, New
Guinea
and
Solomon Islands
. Introduced to North America, Hawaii and South America (
Argentina
).
Biology.
The species is polyphagous (
Beeson 1930
;
Browne 1961
;
Beaver & Liu 2010
).
Mallotus
(=
Trewia
)
nudiflorus
(
Euphorbiaceae
) has not been recorded previously as a host tree. The biology and gallery system have been described by
Beeson (1930)
,
Browne (1961)
and
Kalshoven (1959)
. The relationship of the beetle with its symbiotic fungus and with the pathogen causing fig wilt disease in fig trees in
Japan
is discussed by
Jiang
et al.
(2021)
.