Eccoptopterus spinosus (Olivier)

Beaver, R. A. & Liu, L. Y., 2010, An annotated synopsis of Taiwanese bark and ambrosia beetles, with new synonymy, new combinations and new records (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), Zootaxa 2602, pp. 1-47 : 26

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scientific name	Eccoptopterus spinosus (Olivier)
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94. Eccoptopterus spinosus (Olivier) View in CoL

Scolytus spinosus Olivier, 1795: 9 View in CoL .

Distribution: Throughout the tropical regions of Africa and Asia to New Guinea, Australia, the Solomon Islands and Samoa. First recorded from Taiwan by Murayama (1934) as its synonym, Xyleborus sexspinosus Motschulsky. [6]

Hosts: Polyphagous ( Browne 1961). Recorded only from Cinnamomum camphora (Lauraceae) in Taiwan (Murayama 1934).

Biology: The biology and gallery system are described by Browne (1961) and Kalshoven (1959).

Taxonomy: This is a very variable species, and several species currently placed in the genus should probably be synonymised with it.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Curculionidae
Genus	Eccoptopterus