Coccotrypes longior (Eggers)

Beaver, R. A. & Liu, L. Y., 2010, An annotated synopsis of Taiwanese bark and ambrosia beetles, with new synonymy, new combinations and new records (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), Zootaxa 2602, pp. 1-47 : 12-13

31. Coccotrypes longior (Eggers) *

Poecilips longior Eggers, 1927: 83 .

Dryocoetes naidaijinensis Murayama, 1957: 605 . Synonymy, Beaver et al., 2008: 232.

Distribution: China (SE, SW, WP), India, Indonesia (Java), Japan, Malaysia (E. & W.), Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam. New to Taiwan. A record from the Solomon Is. of specimens found in timber imported to Japan ( Browne 1980a) needs to be confirmed. [4]

New records: Ilan, Fushan, light trap, 30.viii.1995 (A. Warneke) (1); Nantou, Neimoupu, funnel trap, 30.iv.2005 (C. S. Lin) (2) .

Hosts: Polyphagous, attacking a wide variety of angiosperms ( Wood & Bright 1992).

Biology: It breeds both under bark and in the petioles of fallen leaves ( Beaver & Browne 1979), but is not usually found in fruits or seeds. Browne (1961) notes that the gallery systems often connect enabling crossfertilization rather than the inbreeding usual in the genus.