Xyleborus bidentatus (Motschulsky)

Beaver, R. A., Sittichaya, W. & Liu, L-Y., 2014, A Synopsis of the Scolytine Ambrosia Beetles of Thailand (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), Zootaxa 3875 (1), pp. 1-82 : 66-67

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3875.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:66613335-DA8E-4EE7-A0A4-5FE405B15437
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5131060
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/11038800-FFAE-FFDC-FF41-328769500F37
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Xyleborus bidentatus (Motschulsky)
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146. Xyleborus bidentatus (Motschulsky) View in CoL

Phloeotrogus bidentatus Motschulsky, 1863: 514 View in CoL .

Xyleborus bidentatus (Motschulsky) View in CoL : Eichhoff, 1878b: 505.

Xyleborus subcostatus Eichhoff, 1869: 281 View in CoL . Synonymy: Hulcr & Cognato, 2013: 150.

Thai distribution: (unspecified province) ( Eichhoff 1869 as Xyleborus subcostatus View in CoL ); S: Ranong ( Murphy & Meepol 1990 as Progenius bidentatus ). No more recent records from Thailand.

Other distribution: From India through Southeast Asia and Indonesia to New Guinea and the Pacific islands. Intercepted in Japan in timber imported from the region. Also recorded from EastAfrica and Madagascar. (4)

Biology: Murphy and Meepol (1990) suggest an association with mangroves in southern Thailand, as do Maiti and Saha (2004) in the Sundarbans and Andaman Islands, but overall the species is polyphagous ( Schedl 1963). Beeson (1930 as Xyleborus riehli Eichhoff ) describes the gallery system. Numbers caught in light traps in Ranong are related to rainfall by Murphy and Meepol (1990).

Illustrations: P (Hulcr 2013); D ( Maiti & Saha 2004).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Curculionidae
Genus	Xyleborus