Microperus alpha ( Beeson, 1929 )

Smith, Sarah M., Beaver, Roger A., Pham, Thai Hong & Cognato, Anthony I., 2022, New species and new records of Xyleborini from the Oriental region, Japan and Papua New Guinea (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), Zootaxa 5209 (1), pp. 1-33 : 27

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5209.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:78B932B7-0194-4DEA-A4FA-40A457ACA662

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7330300

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7D518786-FFBC-7100-FF70-220C7A92F108

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scientific name

Microperus alpha ( Beeson, 1929 )
status

 

Microperus alpha ( Beeson, 1929) View in CoL

New records. CHINA: Fujian, Longyan City, Wuping Co., Liangye Mtn Nat. Res., 25.142N, 116.135E, 403m, ex Sapium discolor , 29.viii.2019, Zhang, L., Liu, Z-H. (1, RABC); as previous except: ex Liquidambar formosana (1, RABC).

Distribution. Bangladesh, China (Fujian *, Guizhou, Yunnan), India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, West Bengal), Laos, West Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam.

Remarks. The species is polyphagous ( Maiti & Saha 2004), but has not previously been recorded from Triadica cochinchinensis (= Sapium discolor ) ( Euphorbiaceae ) or Liquidambar formosana (Altingiaceae) .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

Genus

Microperus

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