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Microperus pusillus Smith & Beaver & Sittichaya 2022, comb. nov.

  • 1. 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
  • 2. 161 / 2 Mu 5, Soi Wat Pranon, T. Donkaew, A. Maerim, Chiangmai 50180, Thailand.
  • 3. Agricultural Innovation and Management Division, Faculty of Natural Resources, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, 90110, Thailand. wanakorn 62 @ hotmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6200 - 1285 & Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, 288 Farm Lane, 243 Natural Science Bldg., East Lansing, MI 48824, USA. cognato @ msu. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6436 - 2447

Description

Microperus pusillus (Eggers, 1927) comb. nov.

Webbia pusillus Eggers, 1927b: 108.

Xyleboricus pusillus (Eggers): Schedl 1936c: 64.

Arixyleborus pusillus (Eggers): Schedl 1958b: 145.

Remarks. Images of the lectotype (NMNH) were examined. The species has the characteristics of Microperus given above for M. abbreviatus and it is here transferred to that genus.

Distribution. Philippines.

Notes

Published as part of Smith, Sarah M., Beaver, Roger A. & Sittichaya, Wisut, 2022, One hundred eighteen taxonomic changes among Xyleborine ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), pp. 151-175 in Zootaxa 5194 (2) on pages 164-165, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5194.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7147098

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References

  • Eggers, H. (1927 b) New Indo-Malayische Borkenkafer (Ipidae), II. Nachtrag. Philippine Journal of Science, 33, 67 - 108.
  • Schedl, K. E. (1936 c) Scolytidae and Platypodidae: Fauna Philippinensis, IV. Philippine Journal of Science, 60, 59 - 67.
  • Schedl, K. E. (1958 b) Zur Synonymie der Borkenkafer II. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 101, 141 - 155.