Xylothrips religiosus (Boisduval)

Liu, L. Y., Beaver, R. A. & Yang, J. T., 2006, The Bostrichidae (Coleoptera) of Taiwan: a key to species, new records, and a lectotype designation for Sinoxylon mangiferae Chujo, Zootaxa 1307, pp. 1-33 : 9

* Xylothrips religiosus (Boisduval)

Kotosho [Lanhsu], 1, (no collector and date) (TARI).

It is likely that this species was imported to Taiwan. The natural distribution of the species is from Maluku ( Indonesia) and Papua New Guinea to the islands of the Pacific. However, it is frequently intercepted worldwide in packing materials, wooden pallets and other wooden items ( Froggatt 1927, Ivie 2002).