Microperus alpha (Beeson) Hulcr, Jiri, 2010

Hulcr, Jiri, 2010, Taxonomic changes in palaeotropical Xyleborini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae), ZooKeys 56, pp. 105-119 : 107

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.56.520
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scientific name	Microperus alpha (Beeson)
status	comb. n.

Treatment

Microperus alpha (Beeson) comb. n.

Xyleborus alpha Beeson, 1929

Coptodryas alpha (Beeson): Wood and Bright 1992

Specimens examined.

India, Sunderbans Div. (holotype, BMNH).

Comments.

All diagnostic features of Microperus present: small size, elytral punctures aligned in striae, and prolonged body shape ( Hulcr and Cognato in press). Similar to Microperus pometianus , but slightly longer, with distinctly elevated and long declivital costa.