Microperus diversicolor (Eggers)

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 : 54-55

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.5130988

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/11038800-FFDA-FFA8-FF41-339069570C8D

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Microperus diversicolor (Eggers)
status

 

110. Microperus diversicolor (Eggers) View in CoL

Xyleborus diversicolor Eggers, 1923: 202 View in CoL .

Microperus diversicolor (Eggers) View in CoL . Hulcr & Cognato, 2010: 19.

Xyleborus myristicae Schedl, 1939b: 49 View in CoL . Synonymy: Hulcr & Cognato, 2010: 19.

Xyleborus atavus Schedl, 1979: 104 . Synonymy: Hulcr & Cognato, 2010: 19.

Thai distribution: (unspecified province) ( Browne 1980b as Xyleborus diversicolor View in CoL , in timber imported to Japan). S: Nakhon Sri Thammarat.

New record: Nakhon Sri Thammarat, Khao Luang NP, headquarters, 08° 22' 21.6'' N, 99° 44' 14.7'' E, 196 m, EtOH trap, 1.iii.2010 (W. Sittichaya) (1). This confirms the presence of the species in Thailand GoogleMaps .

Other distribution: Indonesia (Java, Sumatera), Malaysia (E. & W.), New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Is. Intercepted in Japan in timber imported from the region. (3)

Biology: Polyphagous. The gallery system ( Browne 1961a) appears to resemble that of M.corporaali (see above).

Illustrations: P (Hulcr 2013, Hulcr & Cognato 2013).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

Genus

Microperus

Loc

Microperus diversicolor (Eggers)

Beaver, R. A., Sittichaya, W. & Liu, L-Y. 2014
2014
Loc

Xyleborus atavus

Schedl, K. E. 1979: 104
1979
Loc

Xyleborus myristicae

Schedl, K. E. 1939: 49
1939
Loc

Xyleborus diversicolor

Eggers, H. 1923: 202
1923
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