149. Xyleborus metacuneolus Eggers

Xyleborus metacuneolus Eggers, 1940: 150 .

Thai distribution: (unspecified southern province) (Sittichaya et al. 2012). S: Chumphon, Nakhon Sri Thammarat.

New records: Chumphon, Sawi distr., 10° 19' 42.0'' N, 99° 01' 9.8'' E, 86 m, durian plantation, EtOH trap, 1.xii.2010 (W. Sittichaya) (1); Nakhon Sri Thammarat, Khao Luang NP, EtOH trap, 1.v.2010 (W. Sittichaya) (1) .

Other distribution: Indonesia (Java), Malaysia (W.), Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan. The species also occurs in Brunei Darussalam, East Malaysia (Sabah), Indonesia (Sulawesi) and Singapore (R. A. Beaver, unpublished records). (3)

Biology: Probably polyphagous, but at present recorded from only two families ( Anacardiaceae, Meliaceae) (Beaver & Liu 2010). The gallery system is irregularly branched with several small brood chambers in the longitudinal plane (Browne 1961a).

Illustrations: P (Hulcr 2013).