Microperus alpha (Beeson)

Beaver, R. A. & Liu, L. Y., 2010, An annotated synopsis of Taiwanese bark and ambrosia beetles, with new synonymy, new combinations and new records (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), Zootaxa 2602, pp. 1-47 : 28

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103. Microperus alpha (Beeson) View in CoL *

Xyleborus alpha Beeson, 1929: 239 .

Distribution: Bangladesh, India, Malaysia (W.), Sri Lanka, Vietnam. New to Taiwan. [3]

New records: Nantou, Hui Son , 16.x.2004, 7.v.2006, 13.x.2006, 9.iii.2007, 29.iv.2007, 18.v.2007 (L. Y. Liu) (34) .

Hosts: Polyphagous ( Maiti & Saha 2004).

Taxonomy: Listed in Wood and Bright (1992) in the genus Coptodryas Hopkins , but transferred to Microperus Wood by Saha and Maiti (1996).

References

Beeson, C. F. C. (1929) Platypodidae and Scolytidae. Insects of Samoa, Part 4, Coleoptera, Fasc. 4, 217 - 248.

Maiti, P. K. & Saha, N. (2004) Fauna of India and the adjacent countries. Scolytidae: Coleoptera (Bark- and Ambrosia- Beetles) Volume 1 (Part 1). Introduction and Tribe Xyleborini. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata. 268 pp.

Saha, N. & Maiti, P. K. (1996) Insecta: Coleoptera: Scolytidae. In: Director, Zoological Survey of India (Ed.) Fauna of West Bengal, Part- 6 b (Insecta: Coleoptera). Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta. pp. 775 - 866.

Wood, S. L. & Bright, D. E. (1992) A catalog of Scolytidae and Platypodidae (Coleoptera), Part 2: Taxonomic index. Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs 13, 1 - 1553.