The bark and ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae) of American Samoa Author Rabaglia, Robert J. USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Washington DC, 20250, U. S. A. Author Beaver, Roger A. 161 / 2 Mu 5, Soi Wat Pranon, T. Donkaew, A. Maerim, Chiangmai 50180, Thailand. Author Johnson, Andrew J. School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA. andrewjavanjohnson @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 3139 - 2257 Author Schmaedick, Mark A. American Samoa Community College, Pago Pago, 96799, American Samoa, Author Smith, Sarah M. Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 48824, U. S. A. text Zootaxa 2020 2020-07-01 4808 1 171 195 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4808.1.11 1175-5326 3927891 9BE4A28B-EC09-4526-99E6-8F1F716A6F24 * Microperus sp. A single specimen of an undetermined species of Microperus Wood was collected. The genus includes numerous species in the Oriental region and New Guinea , but is poorly known and needs revision. It would be premature to describe a single specimen as a new species. Additional specimens were sought in the BPBM which has extensive holdings from the Samoan Islands but none were present (SMS personal observation). Wood & Bright (1992) include ‘Samoan Islands’ in the distribution of Microperus alpha (Beeson) , but the species found is not M. alpha . We know of no published records of M. alpha from Samoa or American Samoa , and no specimens have been seen from the islands. We consider the record in Wood & Bright (1992) to be an error based on the mention by Beeson (1929) that Xyleborus alpha is the correct name for Xyleborus bicolor var. α Sampson, a species from the Oriental region. Current survey records: American Samoa : Ofu Isl. : Ofu , 16 v–6 vi 2018 , Quercivorol baited multifunnel trap 2° forest, -14.1674 -169.6761 , M. Schmaedick coll. (1, RABC ) .