Coccotrypes carpophagus (Hornung) *

Bostrichus carpophagus Hornung, 1842: 116 .

Coccotrypes carpophagus (Hornung): Schedl 1938: 10.

New record. Bhutan, Sergham, 1000m, viii.1982, C. J. Rai (1) (NKME) .

Distribution. Circumtropical. Often intercepted in seeds and fruits in temperate zone countries.

Biology. The species breeds in the seeds and fruits of many plant species, particularly palms ( Arecaceae).