Cyclorhipidion perpilosellum (Schedl)

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 : 39

72. Cyclorhipidion perpilosellum (Schedl)

Xyleborus perpilosellus Schedl, 1935a: 402 .

Cyclorhipidion perpilosellum (Schedl) : Wood & Bright, 1992: 701.

Thai distribution: N: Chiang Mai; N-E: Chaiyaphum, Nakhon Ratchasima ( Beaver & Browne 1975 as Xyleborus punctatopilosus Schedl ); S: Nakhon Sri Thammarat, Songkhla, Trang.

New records: Chaiyaphum, Pa Hin Ngam NP, 15° 38.132' N, 101° 23.922' E, 698 m, ecotone between mixed deciduous/ dry dipterocarp forest, pan trap, 9–10.viii.2006 (K. Sa-nog & B. Adnafai) (1); as previous except: Thung Dok Kra Jeow, 15° 38.391' N, 101° 23.609' E, 750 m, MT, 1–7.i.2007 (K. Sa-nog & B. Adnafai) (1); Phu Khieo Wildl. Res., ex Castanopsis pseudohystrix , 18.vii.2006 (S. Sonthichai) (2); Chiang Mai, Doi Pui, 1400 m, ex EtOH trap, 16–20.viii.2004, 14–15.iii.2005 (W. Puranasakul) (2); as previous except: ex Castanopsis sp. , viii.2005 (1); Nakhon Sri Thammarat, Khao Luang NP, headquarters, 08° 22' 21.6'' N, 99° 44' 14.7'' E, 196 m, ex EtOH trap, various dates from 1.iii.2010 – 30.vi.2011 (W. Sittichaya) (151); Songkhla, Ton Nga Chang WS, 06° 59' 40'' N, 100° 08' 58'' E, 98 m, EtOH trap, 1.x.2013 (W. Sittichaya) (1); Trang, Khao Bantad WS, Sairung Waterfall, 07° 26' 31.0'' N, 99° 48' 28.6'' E, 110 m, EtOH trap, 1.x.2013 (W. Sittichaya) (1).

Other distribution: ‘Borneo’, Indonesia (Java), Malaysia (W.), Philippines, Papua New Guinea. (3)

Biology: Recorded from Castanopsis , Lithocarpus , Pasania and Quercus (Fagaceae) , and probably closely associated with that family. The gallery system has few branches, and small, rather irregular brood chambers in the longitudinal plane ( Browne 1961a).

Illustrations: P (Hulcr 2013).