Microperus nudibrevis (Schedl)

Beaver, R. A., Sittichaya, W. & Liu, L-Y., 2014, A Synopsis of the Scolytine Ambrosia Beetles of Thailand (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), Zootaxa 3875 (1), pp. 1-82 : 55

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3875.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:66613335-DA8E-4EE7-A0A4-5FE405B15437
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5130990
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/11038800-FFD9-FFA8-FF41-34BB6ECC09BB
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Microperus nudibrevis (Schedl)
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Treatment

111. Microperus nudibrevis (Schedl) View in CoL * n. comb.

(Figs 23–24)

Xyleborus nudibrevis Schedl, 1942c: 195 View in CoL .

Thai distribution: C: Suphanburi ; N: Chiang Mai; N-E: Chaiyaphum; S: Nakhhon Sri Thammarat, Surat Thani . New to Thailand .

New records: Chaiyaphum, Pa Hin Ngam NP, 15° 38.132' N, 101° 23.922' E, 698 m, Ecotone between mixed deciduous/ dry dipterocarp [forest], pan trap, 11–12.viii.2006 (K. Sa-nog & B. Adnafai) (1); GoogleMaps Chiang Mai, Doi Pui, 1400 m, vii.2005 (W. Puranasakul) (1); GoogleMaps Nakhon Sri Thammarat, Khao Luang NP, headquarters, 08° 22' 21.6'' N, 99° 44' 14.7'' E, 196 m, EtOH trap, 1.i.2010 (W. Sittichaya) (1); GoogleMaps Namtok Yong NP, TV aerial, 8° 14.262' N, 99° 48.289' E, 966 m, MT, 8–15.ix.2008 (Paiboon) (1); GoogleMaps Suphanburi, Pu Toei NP, Huai Mongpae/ stream, 14° 56.981' N, 99° 26.733' E, 300 m, MT, 1–8.viii.2008 (Saunbua, L.) (1); GoogleMaps Surat Thani, Bhan Nasan Distr. , 08° 46' 47.0'' N, 99° 22' 46.0'' E, 96 m, durian plantation, EtOH trap, 1.ix.2010 (W. Sittichaya) (1) GoogleMaps .

Other distribution: Malaysia (E. & W.). Intercepted in Japan in timber imported from E. Malaysia ( Sarawak). (3)

Taxonomy: The species is listed by Wood & Bright (1992) under Coptodryas , but has the morphological characters of Microperus ( Hulcr et al. 2007a) , and is here transferred to that genus.

Biology: Recorded from five genera in five different families of trees, and presumably polyphagous. The gallery system ( Browne 1961a) is irregularly branched in the horizontal plane with several small brood chambers elongated in the longitudinal plane. Browne (1961a) suggests that the female lays eggs in clusters over a considerable period, the offspring from each cluster occupying a separate brood chamber.