Published June 1, 1942 | Version v1

Trochoideus desjardinsii Guerin

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  • 1. Experiment Station, Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association, Honolulu

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Trochoideus desjardinsii Guerin,

Rev. Zool., 22, 1838.

Coquerel, Soc. Ent. France, Ann. III, 7: 256, pl. 6, fig. 2, 1859.

Yona, April 29, among dead leaves, Bryan; Mt. Tenjo, May 3, in dead rachis of Angiopteris evecta, Swezey; Dededo, May 11, in rotten log, Swezey; Tarague, May 17, under coconut husk on ground, Swezey; Mt. Alifan, May 26, in log, Usinger; Agat, May 31, under bark, Usinger; Yigo, Oct. 21, in rbtten banana stem, Nov. 1. 3,among dead papaya leaves, Swezey; Fullaway, 1911.

This peculiar beetle occurs in South Asia, Mauritius, Madagascar, Reunion, New Guinea, Philippines. We found it common in Guam and widely distributed.

Notes

Published as part of Swezey, O. H., 1942, Miscellaneous Families of Guam Coleoptera, pp. 150-171 in Insects of Guam I, Honolulu, Hawaii :Bernice P. Bishop Museum on page 158, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5167701

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