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Planiculus limatus

Description

118. Planiculus limatus (Schedl) *

Xyleborus limatus Schedl, 1942c: 171.

Planiculus limatus (Schedl): Hulcr & Cognato, 2010: 23 (includes synonyms)

Thai distribution: S: Nakhon Sri Thammarat, Surat Thani. New to Thailand.

New records: Nakhon Sri Thammarat, Khao Luang NP, headquarters, 08° 22' 21.6'' N, 99° 44' 14.7'' E, 196 m, ex branch, 15.vii.2010 (W. Sittichaya) (1); Surat Thani, Khlong Phanom NP, ex log, 23.ii.2012 (R. A. Beaver) (2).

Other distribution: Indonesia (Java), Malaysia (E. & W.), New Guinea, Philippines. Records from Fiji are correctly referred to Planiculus bicolor (see above) (Beaver 1995b). (3)

Biology: Polyphagous. The gallery system is similar to that of P.bicolor (see above).

Illustrations: P (Hulcr 2013).

Notes

Published as part of Beaver, R. A., Sittichaya, W. & Liu, L-Y., 2014, A Synopsis of the Scolytine Ambrosia Beetles of Thailand (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), pp. 1-82 in Zootaxa 3875 (1) on page 58, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3875.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5130589

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
NP, R
Event date
2010-07-15
Family
Curculionidae
Genus
Planiculus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Schedl
Species
limatus
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
2010-07-15/2012-02-23

References

  • Schedl, K. E. (1942 c) Zur Scolytoiden-Fauna der Malayischen Halbinsel. V. Kolonialforstliche Mitteilungen, 5, 169 - 218.
  • Beaver, R. A. (1995 b) Additions and corrections to the bark and ambrosia beetle fauna of Fiji (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). South Pacific Journal of Natural Science, 14, 11 - 26.