Taphrorychus hewetti (Stebbing)

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 : 9

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.6972978
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/217A020B-6E5C-3F05-FF6C-4FDBFEFACB1E
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scientific name	Taphrorychus hewetti (Stebbing)
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Taphrorychus hewetti (Stebbing) View in CoL

Dryocoetes hewetti Stebbing, 1908: 11 View in CoL .

Taphrorychus hewetti (Stebbing) View in CoL : Wood & Bright 1992: 559.

Recorded from Bhutan by Schedl (1975 as Dryocoetes hewetti View in CoL ).

New record. Bhutan, Nobding , 40 km Ost Wangdi Ph., 2800 m, 1972 (1) ( NHMW) .

Distribution. Bhutan, India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh), Nepal.

Biology. Stebbing (1914) gives some notes on the life history and the gallery system in the phloem. All host records are from Quercus spp. (Fagaceae) . The beetles attack weakened trees, especially those parasitised by mistletoe.