Microperus recidens (Sampson)

Beaver, R. A., Sittichaya, W. & Liu, L-Y., 2014, A Synopsis of the Scolytine Ambrosia Beetles of Thailand (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), Zootaxa 3875 (1), pp. 1-82 : 56-57

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3875.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:66613335-DA8E-4EE7-A0A4-5FE405B15437
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5130998
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/11038800-FFD8-FFA6-FF41-330068460C60
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Microperus recidens (Sampson)
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115. Microperus recidens (Sampson) *

Xyleborus recidens Sampson, 1923: 287 View in CoL .

Microperus recidens (Sampson) : Maiti & Saha, 1986: 98.

Xyleborus tuberculosus Browne, 1981: 602 View in CoL . Synonymy: Beaver, 1995a: 198.

Thai distribution: C: Phetchaburi; N: Chiang Mai, Nan; S: Chumphon, Nakhon Sri Thammarat. New to Thailand .

New records: Chiang Mai, Doi Pui, 1400 m, FIT, 29.viii.–2.ix.2005 (W. Puranasakul) (1); GoogleMaps Maerim , FIT, 6.xii.2002 ( R. A. Beaver) (1); GoogleMaps Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden , 18 o 53' 25.4'' N, 98 o 51' 23.1'' E, 701 m, semievergreen forest, FIT, 13–15.xi.2006 (A. Aksornprom, R. Sawkord) (1); GoogleMaps Chumphon, Sawi distr. , 10° 16' 55.0'' N, 99° 01' 17.2'' E, 67 m, EtOH trap, durian plantn, 1.xii.2009 (W. Sittichaya) (1); GoogleMaps Nakhon Sri Thammarat, Namtok Yong NP, 8° 10.434' N, 99° 44.508' E, 80 m, pan trap, 5–6.ix.2008 (U-prai, K.) (1); GoogleMaps Nan, Tham Sa Koen NP, 19 o 23' N, 100 o 38' E, 29–30.xi.2003 (M. Földvári) (1); GoogleMaps Phetchaburi, Kaeng Krachan NP, Pa La-U/ bus parking, 12° 32.125' N, 99° 28.283' E, MT, 18–25.vii.2008 (Akaradate & Thongbai) (1) GoogleMaps .

Other distribution: Bangladesh, ‘Borneo’, China (Guizhou), India (Andaman Is., W. Bengal), Indonesia (Enggano, Java), Malaysia (E. & W.), Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines. Intercepted in Japan in timber imported from the region (as Xyleborus tuberculosus ). The species also occurs in Brunei Darussalam and Indonesia (Maluku, Sulawesi) (R. A. Beaver, unpublished records). (4)

Biology: Polyphagous. The gallery system has not been described.

Illustrations: P (Hulcr 2013).