Arixyleborus leprosulus Schedl

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 : 29

40. Arixyleborus leprosulus Schedl

Arixyleborus leprosulus Schedl, 1953a: 300 .

Thai distribution: (unspecified southern province) ( Sittichaya et al. 2012). S: Chumphon, Nakhon Sri Thammarat, Surat Thani.

New records: Chumphon, Mueang distr., 10° 25' 37.9'' N, 99° 03' 48.0'' E, 78 m, durian plantation, EtOH trap, 1.i., 1.x.2010 (W. Sittichaya) (2); Nakhon Sri Thammarat, Chang Klang District , Durian plantation, 08° 21' 33.7'' N, 99° 39' 02.9'' E, 60 m, EtOH trap, 1.xii.2009, 1.iii.2010 (W. Sittichaya) (2); as previous except: 08° 20' 59.7'' N, 99° 40' 14.6'' E, 70 m, EtOH trap, 01.ii.2010 (4); Surat Thani, Surat Thani, Bhan Nasan Distr. , 08° 46' 47.2'' N, 99° 22' 46.2'' E, 96 m, durian plantation, EtOH trap, 1.xii.2009, 1.ii.2010 (W. Sittichaya) (5) .

Other distribution: Malaysia (W.). The species also occurs in Brunei Darussalam (R. A. Beaver, unpublished record). (3)

Biology: Recorded from Dryobalanops and Shorea (Dipterocarpaceae) , Castanopsis (Fagaceae) and Palaquium (Sapotaceae) ( Browne 1961a). The gallery system is typical of the genus ( Browne 1961a).

Illustrations: P (Hulcr 2010); D (Nunberg 1961 as Arixyleborus aralidii Nunberg ).