A monograph of the Xyleborini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae) of the Indochinese Peninsula (except Malaysia) and China
Author
Smith, Sarah M.
Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, 288 Farm Lane, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Author
Beaver, Roger A.
161 / 2 Mu 5, Soi Wat Pranon, T. Donkaew, A. Maerim, Chiangmai 50180, Thailand
Author
Cognato, Anthony I.
Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, 288 Farm Lane, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Microperus quercicola (Eggers, 1926)
Fig. 69E, F, K
Xyleborus quercicola
Eggers, 1926: 146.
Microperus quercicola
(Eggers):
Smith et al. 2018b
: 396.
Xyleborus izuensis
Murayama, 1952: 16. Synonymy:
Smith et al. 2018b
: 396.
Type material.
Holotype
Xyleborus quercicola
(NMNH).
New records.
China: Guizhou, Zunyi, 28.x.2015, Y. Li, ex
Cinnamomum camphora
(MSUC, 5). Hong Kong, Tai Po Kau, vi.2017, J. Skelton, ex
Lauraceae
(MSUC, 1). Jiangxi, Nanchang, 12.iii.2018, Y. Li (UFFE, 1). Sichuan, Chengdu, 570 m; 8.vi.1960, Huifen Yin,
Cinnamomum
78 (NMNH, 1). Zhejiang, Fuyang, 11.iv.1984, Guangpu Shen,
Cinnamomum
sp. (NMNH, 2). Taiwan: Nantou, Huisun, 24.x.2017, Y-T Huang, J. Hulcr, ex
Diospyros morrisiana
(MSUC, 1); as previous except: Zhushan, 11.vii.2017, C.-S. Lin (MSUC, 1).
Diagnosis.
1.8-2.0 mm long (mean = 1.96 mm; n = 5); 2.38-2.86
x
as long as wide. This species is distinguished by the elytral disc flat; declivity short, steep; declivity granulate from base to apex, granules small, as abundant as strial punctures; granules dense, separated by the width of one granule; declivital surface shiny; posterolateral costa strongly carinate; interstriae densely setose, setae fine, hair-like as long as the width of an interstria; and strial punctures setose, setae recumbent, hair-like, less than a strial width.
Similar species.
Microperus kadoyamaensis
,
M. pometianus
.
Distribution.
China* (Guizhou, Hong Kong*, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang), Japan, Russia (Far East), South Korea, Taiwan*.
Host plants.
This species is polyphagous and has been recorded from
Cinnamomum
(
Lauraceae
) (
Murayama 1952
),
Diospyros
(
Ebenaceae
),
Fraxinus
(
Oleaceae
),
Carpinus
(
Betulaceae
) (
Mandelshtam et al. 2018
) and "oak trees" (
Fagaceae
) (
Eggers 1926
).