8. Scolytoplatypus brahma Blandford

(Figs 9–10)

Scolytoplatypus brahma Blandford, 1898: 425 .

Thai distribution: C: Chanthaburi, Kanchanaburi, Phetchaburi; N: Chiang Mai (Beaver & Gebhardt 2006), Kampang Phet, Mae Hong Son; N-E: Chaiyaphum, Nakhon Ratchasima; S: Chumphon, Nakhon Sri Thammarat, Surat Thani, Trang.

New records: More than 270 specimens collected in all regions of the country.

Other distribution: Northeast India, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Malaysia (E. and W.), Indonesia (Java). The species also occurs in China (Yunnan) (R. A. Beaver, unpublished record). (4)

Taxonomy: Beaver and Gebhardt (2006) note that Schedl (1975) confused six species under the name S.eutomoides . S.brahma is a good species, and not a synonym of S.eutomoides .

Biology: The species is polyphagous, attacking a wide range of host trees in many families (Beaver & Gebhardt 2006).

Illustrations: P (Beaver & Gebhardt 2006).