Cryptoxyleborus simplex Browne

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 : 37

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3875.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5130889
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treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Cryptoxyleborus simplex Browne
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Treatment

63. Cryptoxyleborus simplex Browne View in CoL

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Cryptoxyleborus simplex Browne, 1949: 902 View in CoL .

Thai distribution: N: Chiang Mai ( Beaver & Hulcr 2008); N-E: Ubon Ratchatani; S: Nakhon Sri Thammarat.

New records: Nakhon Sri Thammarat , Chang Klang Distr. , 08° 21' 33.7'' N, 99° 39' 02.9'' E, 60 m, durian plantation, EtOH trap, 1.i.2010 (W. Sittichaya) (1); GoogleMaps Ubon Ratchatani, Pha Taem NP, 15° 27.336' N, 105° 34.87' E, 232 m, wild flower field, MT, 18–25.xi.2006 (Sorawit & Thongdee) (1) GoogleMaps .

Other distribution: Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia (Sumatera), Malaysia (E. & W.). (3)

Biology: Like all species of Cryptoxyleborus with known host trees, the species attacks only trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae ( Beaver & Hulcr 2008) . The gallery system consists of an unbranched entrance tunnel leading to a single terminal brood chamber enlarged in the longitudinal plane ( Browne 1961a).