Microperus calamoides (Murayama), 2018

Smith, Sarah M., Beaver, Roger A. & Cognato, Anthony I., 2018, New synonymy, new combinations and other taxonomic changes in Japanese xyleborine ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), Zootaxa 4521 (3), pp. 391-403 : 396

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4521.3.5
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:47341777-8269-4F41-999B-204943738A10
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5131206
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0397CD04-8348-FF88-49E6-FE3FFEE6FCCE
treatment provided by	Plazi (2019-03-26 18:15:30, last updated 2024-11-26 04:26:42)
scientific name	Microperus calamoides (Murayama)
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Microperus calamoides (Murayama) comb. n.

Xyleborus calamoides Murayama, 1934: 291 View in CoL .

Amasa calamoides (Murayama) View in CoL : Wood & Bright, 1992: 682.

Taxonomy: Syntypes of Xyleborus calamoides (NMNH) were examined by SMS. The specimens have an obliquely truncate declivity which is generally associated with Amasa. However, multiple Asian xyleborine genera have at least one species with a truncate declivity. The species is transferred to Microperus Wood, 1980 because of the following characters: pronotum type 2 (viewed dorsally), antennal club type 3, scutellum not visible and lack of mycangial tufts.

References

Murayama, J. (1934) Notes on the Ipidae (Coleoptera) from Kiushu. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 14, 287 - 300.

Wood, S. L. (1980) New genera and new synonymy in Scolytidae (Coleoptera). The Great Basin Naturalist, 40, 89 - 97. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 20006

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