Platypus westwoodi Chapuis 1865
Authors/Creators
- 1. 161 / 2 Mu 5, Soi Wat Pranon, T. Donkaew, A. Maerim, Chiangmai 50180, Thailand.
- 2. University of Florida School of Forest, Fisheries, & Geomatics Sciences, 136 Newins-Ziegler Hall PO Box 110410 Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
- 3. Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM), 52109 Kepong, Selangor, Malaysia.
Description
107. Platypus westwoodi Chapuis
Figs 36–37
Platypus westwoodi Chapuis, 1865: 236.
Distribution. ‘Borneo’, Indonesia (Java, Sumatra), East & West Malaysia, Thailand.
Distribution in W. Malaysia. Pahang *, Penang, Perak *, Selangor *.
New records. Pahang, Banjaran Benom mts., 20 km S of Kampong Ulu Dong, 1500–1900m, 17–23.iv.1997, P. Čechovský (1); Perak, 25 km NE of Ipoh, Banjaran Titiwangsa mts, Mt Korbu, 1200m, 11–16.i.1999, P. Čechovský (1); Selangor, Sg. Lalang, 17.ix.1956, K. D. Menon, on Dyera costulata log, FRIM-COLEOPTERA-00007722, Old collection no: 805.
Hosts. Polyphagous (Browne 1961a; Ohno 1990). Browne (1961a) suggests that it avoids the families Dipterocarpaceae and Fagaceae, even though they are abundant in the forests. However, it has since been recorded in timber of several genera of Dipterocarpaceae (Ohno 1990). Recorded here from Dyera costulata (Apocynaceae).
Biology. It is found in both lowland and upland forests up to about 1300 m. It usually attacks large logs or injured trees of more than 15 cm diameter, and attacks are often numerous. The frass is ejected as fine, short fibres (Browne 1961a).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- K , NE, P , S, P
- Event date
- 1956-09-17 , 1997-04-17 , 1999-01-11
- Verbatim event date
- 1956-09-17 , 1997-04-17/23 , 1999-01-11/16
- Scientific name authorship
- Chapuis
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Platypus
- Species
- westwoodi
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Platypus westwoodi Chapuis, 1865 sec. Beaver, Smith, Ong & Cognato, 2026
References
- Chapuis, F. (1865) Monographie des Platypides. H. Dessain, Liege, 344 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.9204
- Browne, F. G. (1961 a) The biology of Malayan Scolytidae and Platypodidae. Malayan Forest Records, 22, 1-255.
- Ohno, S. (1990) The Scolytidae and Platypodidae (Coleoptera) from Borneo found in logs at Nagoya port. 2. Research Bulletin of the Plant Protection Service of Japan, 26, 95-103.