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Sueus obesus

Description

5. Sueus obesus (Browne)

(Figs 7–8)

Hyorrhynchus obesus Browne, 1977: 369.

Sueus obesus (Browne): Beaver & Gebhardt, 2004: 96.

Thai distribution: S: Trang (Beaver 1999), Surat Thani.

New record: Surat Thani, Khao Sok NP, ex cut liane, ca 3 cm diam., 23.ii.2012 (R. A. Beaver) (3).

Other distribution: Malaysia (W.). (3)

Biology: Collected from a small cut pole (2.0– 2.5 cm diameter) (Beaver & Browne 1979), and from lianes (Beaver & Gebhardt 2004; new record above). Beaver and Browne (1979) noted that each gallery contained only a single adult, and the entrance was largely blocked by frass, leaving only a small central hole.

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 16, 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
2012-02-23
Family
Curculionidae
Genus
Sueus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Browne
Species
obesus
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
2012-02-23

References

  • Browne, F. G. (1977) Three new species of Scolytidae and Platypodidae (Coleoptera) from Malaysia. Oriental Insects, 11, 369 - 371. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 00305316.1977.10433817
  • Beaver, R. A. & Gebhardt, H. (2004) Notes on the tribe Hyorrhynchini (Col., Curculionidae, Scolytinae). Serangga, 9, 91 - 102.
  • Beaver, R. A. (1999) New records of bark and ambrosia beetles from Thailand (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). Serangga, 4, 175 - 183.
  • Beaver, R. A. & Browne, F. G. (1979) The Scolytidae and Platypodidae (Coleoptera) of Penang, Malaysia. Oriental Insects, 12, 575 - 624. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 00305316.1978.10432538