Planiculus minutus (Blandford)

Beaver, R. A. & Liu, L. Y., 2010, An annotated synopsis of Taiwanese bark and ambrosia beetles, with new synonymy, new combinations and new records (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), Zootaxa 2602, pp. 1-47 : 29

108. Planiculus minutus (Blandford) * n.comb.

Xyleborus minutus Blandford, 1894a: 116 .

Distribution: Indonesia (Java), Japan, Korea, Malaysia (E. and W.), Solomon Is. New to Taiwan. [4]

New records: Ilan, Fu Shan, light trap, 29.v.1995 (J. J. Hsiao) (4), 29.viii.1995 (A. Warneke) (1); Nantou, Hui Son, 18.ii.2006, 16.iv.2006, 23.ix.2006, 13.x.2006, 29.iv.2007, 18.v.2007 (L. Y. Liu) (7) .

Hosts: Polyphagous ( Browne 1961).

Biology: Brief notes on biology are given by Browne (1961), and Beaver and Browne (1979).

Taxonomy: The species is listed in Xyleborus by Wood and Bright (1992), but has the morphological characteristics of Planiculus Hulcr & Cognato (2010) and is here transferred to that genus.