Amasa resecta (Eggers)

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 : 21

18. Amasa resecta (Eggers) *

Xyleborus abruptus Eggers, 1923: 169 .

Xyleborus resectus Eggers, 1927a: 391 , new name for X. abruptus Eggers 1923 nec Sampson 1914.

Amasa resectus [sic] (Eggers): Wood & Bright, 1992: 684.

Thai distribution: C: Chanthaburi, Nakhon Nayok ; N: Chiang Mai; N-E: Chaiyaphum. New to Thailand .

New records: Chaiyaphum, Phu Khieo WS, ex Shorea branch, 18.vii.2005 (J. Hulcr et al.) (1) ; Tat Tone NP, Lum Pa Tao head water, 15° 58.486' N, 102° 2.239' E, 270 m, dry evergreen [forest], pan trap, 6–7.ii.2007 ( T. Jaruphan & O. Budsawong) (1) ; Chanthaburi, Khao Khitchakut NP, 500 m N/ Prabaht Unit , 12° 48.98' N, 102° 9.14' E, 12 m, MT, 22–29.ix.2008 (Suthida & Charoenchai) (1) ; as previous except: 200 m from sala, Klong Chang Sae waterfall to Khao Prabaht , 12° 49.28' N, 102° 9.29' E, 285 m, 30.x–6.xi.2008 (2) ; Chiang Mai, Doi Inthanon NP, 900 m, 28.vii.2004 (A. I. Cognato) (1) ; Khun Khan NP, vii.2005 (J. Hulcr et al.) (1) ; Nakhon Nayok, Khao Yai NP, near reservoir, 14° 27.119' N, 101° 21.482' E, 699 m, moist evergreen forest, MT, 19–26.xi.2006 (W. Sookkho) (1) ; as previous except: Trail near Training Center 2, 14° 24.482' N, 101° 22.388' E, 755 m, evergreen forest, MT, 26.ii–5.iii.2007 (1).

Other distribution: Indonesia (Java, Sumatra), New Guinea, Sri Lanka. (4)

Taxonomy: This species is very similar to Amasa versicolor (Sampson) (see below), and perhaps should be synonymised with that species. We keep it separate pending further studies.

Biology: Recorded by Kalshoven (1959) from five genera in five different families. Evidently polyphagous.

Illustrations: P (Hulcr 2013, Hulcr & Cognato 2013).