Scolytoplatypus raja Blandford, 1893

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 : 10

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scientific name	Scolytoplatypus raja Blandford
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Scolytoplatypus raja Blandford View in CoL

Scolytoplatypus raja Blandford, 1893: 440 View in CoL .

Recorded from Bhutan by Schedl (1975 as Scolytoplatypus mikado Blandford View in CoL ). Schedl made frequent errors in identifying and synonymising species of Scolytoplatypus ( Beaver & Gebhardt 2006) View in CoL . The species, S. mikado View in CoL , has a more northerly distribution than S. raja View in CoL , and records of the former species from Bhutan, India and Southeast Asia almost certainly all refer to S. raja ( Beaver & Gebhardt 2006) View in CoL .

Distribution. Bhutan, China (Xizang, Yunnan), India (Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal), Laos, Kashmir, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, West Malaysia.

Biology. The biology and life history of Scolytoplatypus species are described by Beeson (1961), Browne (1961 a), Beaver & Gebhardt (2006) and Beaver & Liu (2018). Scolytoplatypus raja is a polyphagous species attacking both coniferous and angiosperm trees ( Beeson 1961, Maiti & Saha 2009, Wood & Bright 1992).