Debus amphicranoides (Hagedorn)

Beaver, Roger A. & Smith, Sarah M., 2022, The bark and ambrosia beetles of Bhutan (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae): a synopsis with three new species of Scolytinae, Zootaxa 5174 (1), pp. 1-24 : 13

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5174.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F80F144B-D1E8-4587-A146-0BACFFE18FB6
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6973002
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/217A020B-6E58-3F01-FF6C-4CBBFCE5CC12
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Debus amphicranoides (Hagedorn)
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Debus amphicranoides (Hagedorn) *

Xyleborus amphicranoides Hagedorn, 1908: 379 View in CoL .

Debus amphicranoides (Hagedorn) : Hulcr 2010: 107 View Cited Treatment .

This species is newly recorded from Bhutan.

New record. Bhutan, Gedu , 6.viii.1985 , AS Padgham coll. ex Castanopsis, CIE A 17491 (3) ( NHML) .

Distribution. Bhutan, China (Yunnan), Indonesia (Java, Mentawai Is, Sumatra, Sulawesi), Laos, East & West Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam.

Biology. The species is polyphagous, and has been recorded from many different host trees (e.g. Browne (1961), Ohno (1990). Browne (1961) briefly describes the gallery system, and notes that it attacks not only dying or newly felled trees, but healthy trees through injuries to the bark.