Cryptoxyleborus major Browne, 1986:665

Beaver, Roger A. & Hulcr, Jiri, 2008, A Review of the Ambrosia Beetle Genus Cryptoxyleborus Schedl (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), The Coleopterists Bulletin 62 (1), pp. 133-153 : 133-153

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https://doi.org/ 10.1649/1026.1

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scientific name

Cryptoxyleborus major Browne, 1986:665
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Taxonomy: Cryptoxyleborus major was described from specimens imported to Japan in timber from East Malaysia ( Sarawak) ( Browne 1986). It was recorded again from the same source by Ohno (1990 b). The holotype (BMNH) has been examined. It is a large species, distinguished by the transverse impression on the elytral disc, in which striae 1 are deeply impressed. A photograph of the species in dorsal view is included in Kikata et al. (1994).

Distribution: East Malaysia ( Sarawak).

Biology: The species has been recorded from Dipterocarpus sp. and Shorea sp. (Dipterocarpaceae) ( Browne 1986; Ohno 1990 b).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

Genus

Cryptoxyleborus

Loc

Cryptoxyleborus major Browne, 1986:665

Beaver, Roger A. & Hulcr, Jiri 2008
2008
Loc

Cryptoxyleborus major

Browne 1986: 665
1986
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