Diapus quinquespinatus Chapuis, 1865

Beaver, Roger A. & Smith, Sarah M., 2022, The bark and ambrosia beetles of Bhutan (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae): a synopsis with three new species of Scolytinae, Zootaxa 5174 (1), pp. 1-24 : 18

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5174.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6973054
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scientific name	Diapus quinquespinatus Chapuis
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Diapus quinquespinatus Chapuis View in CoL

Diapus quinquespinatus Chapuis, 1865: 334 View in CoL .

Recorded from Bhutan by Wood & Bright (1992). We have been unable to trace the original record, but it is highly probable that the species occurs in the country.

Distribution. Throughout the Oriental region to Japan, New Guinea, Australia and Pacific islands; tropical Africa.

Biology. A polyphagous species recorded from a very wide range of host trees (e.g. Beeson, 1961; Browne 1961; Schedl 1963; Wood & Bright 1992).