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Xylopsocus acutespinosus Lesne 1906

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Description

Xylopsocus acutespinosus Lesne, 1906: 424. (Fig. 6B)

Distribution in mainland China: SN (Chu & Zhang 1997). New record for YN #, Puer, Jingdong, Ailaoshan, 24°31.49’N 101°0.52’E, 2493m, 11.v.2019, FIT, F. Luo & L.Z. Meng (2) (NME).

Other distribution. India, Nepal, Burma, Thailand, Laos (Liu & Beaver 2018).

Biology. The collection localities indicate that the species is montane, occurring at altitudes above 1500m.

Notes

Published as part of Liu, Lan-Yu, 2021, An annotated synopsis of the powder post beetles (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) of Mainland China, pp. 389-419 in Zootaxa 5081 (3) on pages 401-402, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5081.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/5775799

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Lesne
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Bostrichidae
Genus
Xylopsocus
Species
acutespinosus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Xylopsocus acutespinosus Lesne, 1906 sec. Liu, 2021

References

  • Chu, D. & Zhang, W. (1997) The catalogue of Bostrichidae in China. Plant Quarantine, 11 (2), 105 - 109.
  • Liu, L. Y. & Beaver, R. A. (2018) A synopsis of the powderpost beetles of the Himalayas with a key to the genera (Insecta: Coleoptera: Bostrichidae). In: Hartmann, M., Barclay, M. & Weipert, J. (Eds.), Biodiversitat und Naturausstattung im Himalaya, Erfurt, VI, pp. 407 - 422,