Phloeosinus perlatus Chapuis, 1875

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 : 18

publication ID	1175-5326
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scientific name	Phloeosinus perlatus Chapuis
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56. Phloeosinus perlatus Chapuis View in CoL

Phloeosinus perlatus Chapuis, 1875: 198 View in CoL .

Distribution: China (CE, NO, SE, SW), Japan, Korea, Taiwan. [2a]

Hosts: Chamecyparis , Juniperus , Thuja , Thujopsis (Cupressaceae) , Cryptomeria , C unninghamia ( Taxodiaceae ). Recorded from Chamecyparis in Taiwan ( Murayama 1934a). Not breeding in Taxus (Taxaceae) according to Niijima (1942), although listed by Wood and Bright (1992) as a host.

Biology: Zhao and Cao (1987) and Yuan (2008) discuss the bionomics and control of the species. It is associated with an undetermined species of the ascomycete fungus, Geosmithia , in Taiwan ( Kolařik et al. 2008).