Microperus vafer (Schedl, 1957) Smith & Beaver & Sittichaya, 2022

Smith, Sarah M., Beaver, Roger A. & Sittichaya, Wisut, 2022, One hundred eighteen taxonomic changes among Xyleborine ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), Zootaxa 5194 (2), pp. 151-175 : 165

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5194.2.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C6F3069F-6EC1-4FAC-8870-FC0B53BD45EF

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7147323

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B187C9-325D-FFB2-69D9-041E6CDCFA98

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scientific name

Microperus vafer (Schedl, 1957)
status

comb. nov.

Microperus vafer (Schedl, 1957) comb. nov.

Xyleborus vafer Schedl, 1957b: 880 .

Coptodryas vafra (Schedl) View in CoL : Wood & Bright 1992: 827.

Remarks. The holotype and a paratype (NHMUK) were examined. The species has the characteristics of Microperus given above for M. abbreviatus and it is here transferred to that genus. The species is very similar to the Asian species M. fulvulus (Schedl, 1942) .

Distribution. Tanzania.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

Genus

Microperus

Loc

Microperus vafer (Schedl, 1957)

Smith, Sarah M., Beaver, Roger A. & Sittichaya, Wisut 2022
2022
Loc

Coptodryas vafra (Schedl)

Wood, S. L. & Bright, D. E. 1992: 827
1992
Loc

Xyleborus vafer

Schedl, K. E. 1957: 880
1957
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