Dinoderus bifoveolatus (Wollaston)

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Dinoderus bifoveolatus (Wollaston) ( Fig. 8A )

Rhyzopertha bifoveolata Wollaston, 1858: 409 .

Distribution in mainland China: Unspecified locality in mainland China (Borowski 2007).

Other distributio n. Cosmopolitan ( Borowski & Węgrzynowicz 2007).

Biology. Like many species of Dinoderus , the species is also a borer of bamboo, and also breeds in timber, and in the stems and leaf midribs of palms used for baskets and cases, in the stored roots of cassava ( Manihot esculenta Crantz ( Euphorbiaceae )) and similar root crops, and has also been found in flour ( Beeson & Bhatia 1937; Delobel & Tran 1993). Hau (2002) recorded the species was found from dry roots of Derris sp. (Fabaceae) in Hong Kong.

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FIGURE 8. Dorsal view of subfamily Dinoderinae. A. Dinoderus bifoveolatus (Wollaston, 1858). B. D. brevis Horn, 1878. C. D. favosus Lesne, 1911, Type (NHML). E. D. japonicus Lesne, 1895. E. D. minutus (Fabricius, 1775). F. D. ocellaris Stephens, 1830, lateral view. G. D. ochraceipennis Lesne, 1906, Type (NHML). H. D. speculifer Lesne, 1895. I. Rhyzopertha dominica (Fabricius, 1792). J. Prostephanus truncatus (Horn, 1878). K. Stephanopachys linearis (Kugelann, 1792). L. S. himalayanus Lesne, 1932.