109. Microperus corporaali (Eggers)

Xyleborus corporaali Eggers, 1923: 210 .

Microperus corporaali (Eggers) . Hulcr, 2010: 111.

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

New records: Chumphon, Sawi distr., 10° 19' 42.0'' N, 99° 01' 09.0'' E, 103 m, durian plantation, EtOH trap, 1.xii.2010 (W. Sittichaya) (7); Nakhon Sri Thammarat, Chang Klang Distr., 08° 21' 33.7'' N, 99° 39' 02.9'' E, 60 m, durian plantation, EtOH trap, 1.x.2010 (W. Sittichaya) (1) .

Other distribution: Bhutan, Indonesia (Java, Sumatera), Malaysia (W.), Papua New Guinea, Solomon Is. Intercepted in Japan in timber imported from New Guinea and the Solomon Is. The species also occurs in East Malaysia (Sabah) (R. A. Beaver, unpublished records). (4)

Biology: Recorded from five different families of trees, and probably polyphagous. The gallery system is branched with a brood chamber in the transverse plane (Browne 1961a), as in some other species of Microperus .

Illustrations: P (Hulcr 2013).