Euwallacea andamanensis (Blandford)

Beaver, R. A., Sittichaya, W. & Liu, L-Y., 2014, A Synopsis of the Scolytine Ambrosia Beetles of Thailand (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), Zootaxa 3875 (1), pp. 1-82 : 47-48

91. Euwallacea andamanensis (Blandford)

Xyleborus andamanensis Blandford, 1896a: 222 .

Euwallacea andamanensis (Blandford) : Wood, 1989: 172.

Thai distribution: (unspecified province) ( Schedl 1970 as Xyleborus noxius Sampson ); C: Kanchanaburi; N: Chiang Mai, Tak.

New records: Chiang Mai, Doi Chiangdao NP, Headquarters , 19° 24.278' N, 98° 55.311' E, 491 m, pan trap,1–3.viii., 5–6.viii.2007 (S. Jugsu & A. Watwanich) (5); Doi Phahompok NP, Headquarters, 19° 57.961' N, 99° 9.355' E, 569 m, MT, 11–18.vii.2007 (Wongchai, P.) (1); Thanon Tong Chai, 19 o 55' N, 99 o 06' E, 750 m, 26–28.v.1991 (D. Král & V. Kubáň) (1); Kanchanaburi, 14 o 42' N, 98 o 52' E, 17.vii.2002 (A. Cognato) (1); as previous except: 14 o 57' N, 98 o 40' E, 16.vii.2002 (3); Tak, Umphang Distr. , Thung Yai WS, Song Bae stream, 15 o 28' N, 98 o 48' E, 300 m, evergreen rain forest, 18–27.iv.1988 (M. J. D. Brendell) (1) .

Other distribution: From India through Southeast Asia and Indonesia to New Guinea and the Federated States of Micronesia. Intercepted in timber imported from the region to Japan and New Zealand. (4)

Biology: Polyphagous ( Beeson 1930, Browne 1961a). The gallery system is simply branched in one transverse plane without brood chambers ( Browne 1961a).

Illustrations: P (Hulcr 2013, PaDIL 2014); D ( Maiti & Saha 2004).