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Published October 21, 2014 | Version v1
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Xylosandrus mancus

Description

157. Xylosandrus mancus (Blandford)

Xyleborus mancus Blandford, 1898: 428.

Xylosandrus mancus (Blandford): Wood, 1984: 229.

Thai distribution: C: Chanthaburi; N: Chiang Mai; N-E: Loei; S: [unspecified southern province] (Sittichaya et al. 2012); Chumphon (Sittichaya & Beaver 2009), Nakhon Sri Thammarat, Ranong (Murphy & Meepol 1990 as Xyleborus mancus), Surat Thani.

New records: Chanthaburi, Khao Khitchakut NP, nature trail, 12° 50.55' N, 102° 7.3' E, 50 m, MT, 17–24.iv.2009 (S. Charoenchai) (1); Chiang Mai, Doi Chiang Dao WS, Nature trail, 19° 24.278' N, 98° 55.311' E, 491 m, pan trap, 30.ix–1.x., 3–4., 4–5.x.2007 (Songkran & Apichart) (3); Chumphon, Sawi distr., 10° 19' 35.1'' N, 99° 01' 21.0'' E, 103 m, durian plantation, EtOH trap, 1.xii.2010 (W. Sittichaya) (1); Thung Tako Distr., 10° 02' 41.9'' N, 99° 01' 5.7'' E, 86 m, durian plantation, EtOH trap, 1.ix.2009 (W. Sittichaya) (32); Loei, Phu Ruea NP, office, 17° 28.805' N, 101° 21.242' E, 870 m, MT, 12–19.vii.2006 (P. Tamtip) (1); Nakhon Sri Thammarat, Chang Klang Distr., 08° 20' 59.7'' N, 99° 40' 14.6'' E, 70 m, durian plantation, EtOH trap, 1.xii.2009 (W. Sittichaya) (78); Khao Luang NP, headquarters 08° 22' 21.6'' N, 99° 44' 14.7'' E, 196 m,VT, 1.v.–31.v.2010 (W. Sittichaya) (109); Khao Nan NP, sifting trop. rain forest litter, 24.iv.2006 (A.Hasalem) (2); Surat Thani, Bhan Nasan Distr., 08° 53' 10.7'' N, 99° 24' 02.6'' E, 60 m, durian plantation, EtOH trap, 1.xii.2009 (W. Sittichaya) (56).

Other distribution: From the Indian subcontinent and China through Southeast Asia to Indonesia West of Wallace’s line, Philippines, Taiwan. Presumably imported to and established in Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Tanzania. Intercepted in Japan in timber imported from the Oriental region. (4)

Biology: Polyphagous (Browne 1961a, Wood & Bright 1992). Browne (1961a) describes the biology and gallery system. This was the most abundant species in the durian orchards in southern Thailand (Sittichaya et al. 2012).

Illustrations: P (Dole & Cognato 2010); D (Nunberg 1959 as Xyleborus formosanus, Maiti & Saha 2004).

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 71, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3875.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5130589

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
NP, MT
Event date
2006-04-24
Family
Curculionidae
Genus
Xylosandrus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Blandford
Species
mancus
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
2006-04-24/2010-12-01

References

  • Blandford, W. F. H. (1898) On some Oriental Scolytidae of economic importance, with descriptions of five new species. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1898, 423 - 430. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1898. tb 03298. x
  • Wood, S. L. (1984) New generic synonymy and new genera of Scolytidae (Coleoptera). Great Basin Naturalist, 44, 223 - 230.
  • Sittichaya, W., Permkam, S. & Cognato, A. I. (2012) Species composition and flight pattern of Xyleborini ambrosia beetles (Col.: Curculinidae: Scolytinae) fom agricultural areas in southern Thailand. Environmental Entomology, 41, 776 - 784. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1603 / en 11271
  • Sittichaya, W. & Beaver, R. A. (2009) Rubberwood-destroying beetles in the eastern and gulf areas of Thailand (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae, Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae). Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology, 31, 381 - 387. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1007 / s 10310 - 010 - 0224 - 7
  • Murphy, D. H. & Meepol, W. (1990) Timber beetles of the Ranong mangrove forests. Mangrove Ecosystems Occasional Paper, No. 7, 5 - 8.
  • Browne, F. G. (1961 a) The biology of Malayan Scolytidae and Platypodidae. Malayan Forest Records, 22, 1 - 255.
  • Wood, S. L. & Bright, D. E. (1992) A catalog of Scolytidae and Platypodidae (Coleoptera), Part 2: Taxonomic index. Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs, 13, 1 - 1553.
  • Dole, S. A. & Cognato, A. I. (2010) Revision of Xylosandrus Reitter (Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Science, 61, 451 - 545. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1016 / j. ympev. 2009.11.011
  • Nunberg, M. (1959) Die Gattung Xyleborus Eichhoff (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). Erganzungen, Berichtugungen und Erweiterung der Diagnosen. Beitrage zur Entomologie, 9, 413 - 466.
  • Maiti, P. K. & Saha, N. (2004) Fauna of India and the Adjacent Countries. Scolytidae: Coleoptera (Bark and Ambrosia Beetles). Vol. 1. Part 1. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 268 pp.