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Xyleborus perforans
Creators
- 1. 161 / 2 Mu 5, Soi Wat Pranon, T. Donkaew, A. Maerim, Chiangmai 50180, Thailand.
- 2. Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, 288 Farm Lane, 243 Natural Science Bldg., East Lansing, MI 48824, USA. smith 462 @ msu. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5173 - 3736
Description
Xyleborus perforans (Wollaston)
Tomicus perforans Wollaston, 1857: 96.
Xyleborus perforans (Wollaston): Eichhoff 1878: 403.
This species was recorded from Bhutan by Schedl (1975).
Distribution. Widely distributed throughout tropical parts of the Afrotropical, Australian and Oriental regions.
Biology. The species is strongly polyphagous (e.g. Browne 1961; Schedl 1963; Gray & Wylie 1974; Ohno 1990). Its biology has been described by Beeson (1961), Browne (1961), Schedl (1963) and Kalshoven (1964). The species sometimes attacks weakened or injured trees, and can be a minor pest (Browne 1968), but its attacks are usually secondary. Due to its abundance, the species can be important in the downgrade of recently felled timber.
Notes
Published as part of Beaver, Roger A. & Smith, Sarah M., 2022, The bark and ambrosia beetles of Bhutan (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae): a synopsis with three new species of Scolytinae, pp. 1-24 in Zootaxa 5174 (1) on page 15, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5174.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6972960
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Curculionidae
- Genus
- Xyleborus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Wollaston
- Species
- perforans
- Taxon rank
- species
References
- Schedl, K. E. (1975) Ergebnisse der Bhutan-Expedition 1972 des Naturhistorischen Museums in Basel, Coleoptera: Fam: Scolytidae und Platypodidae. Entomologica Basiliensia, 1, 383 - 385.
- Browne, F. G. (1961) The biology of Malayan Scolytidae and Platypodidae. Malayan Forest Records, 22, 1 - 255.
- Schedl, K. E. (1963) Scolytidae und Platypodidae Afrikas. Band II. Familie Scolytidae (Fortsetzung), Unterfamilie Ipinae (Fortsetzung). Revista de Entomologia de Mocambique, 5, 1 - 594.
- Gray, B. & Wylie, F. R. (1974) Forest tree and timber insect pests in Papua New Guinea II. Pacific Insects, 16, 67 - 115.
- Ohno, S. (1990) The Scolytidae and Platypodidae (Coleoptera) from Borneo found in logs at Nagoya port I. Research Bulletin of the Plant Protection Service, Japan, 26, 83 - 94.
- Beeson, C. F. C. (1961) The Ecology and Control of the Forest Insects of India and the Neighbouring Countries. (2 nd ed.). Government of India, New Delhi, 767 pp.
- Kalshoven, L. G. E. (1964) The occurrence of Xyleborus perforans (Woll) and X. similis in Java (Coleoptera, Scolytidae). Beaufortia, 11, 131 - 142.
- Browne, F. G. (1968) Pests and diseases of forest plantation trees. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1330 pp.