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Ambrosiophilus latisulcatus, n. comb.

Description

29. Ambrosiophilus latisulcatus (Eggers) n. comb.

(Figs 15–16)

Xyleborus latisulcatus Eggers, 1940: 142.

Ambrosiodmus latisulcatus (Eggers): Wood & Bright, 1992: 675.

Thai distribution: (unspecified southern province)) (Sittichaya et al. 2012 as Ambrosiophillus [sic] latisulcatus); S: Nakhon Sri Thammarat.

New record: Nakhon Sri Thammarat, Chang Klang Distr., 08° 21' 33.7'' N, 99° 39' 02.9'' E, 60 m, durian plantation, EtOH trap, 1.xi.2009 (W. Sittichaya) (1).

Other distribution: Indonesia (Java). The species also occurs in West Malaysia (R. A. Beaver, unpublished record). (3)

Taxonomy: This species is listed under Ambrosiodmus Hopkins by Wood and Bright (1992), but has the morphological characters of Ambrosiophilus Hulcr & Cognato (Hulcr & Cognato 2009), and is therefore transferred to that genus.

Biology: Unknown.

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

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Event date
2009-11-01
Verbatim event date
2009-11-01
Scientific name authorship
Eggers
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Curculionidae
Genus
Ambrosiophilus
Species
latisulcatus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.
Taxonomic concept label
Ambrosiophilus latisulcatus (Eggers, 1940) sec. Beaver, Sittichaya & Liu, 2014

References

  • Eggers, H. (1940) Neue indomalayische Borkenkafer (Ipidae) III. Nachtrag (Fortsetzung). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 83, 132 - 154.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Hulcr, J. & Cognato, A. I. (2009) Three new genera of oriental Xyleborina (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Zootaxa, 2204, 19 - 36.