Mauia subnotatus (Boheman)

Zimmerman, Elwood C., 1942, Anthribidae Of Guam, Insects of Guam I, Honolulu, Hawaii: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, pp. 65-72 : 70-71

5. Mauia subnotatus (Boheman) (pl. 1, G).

Araecerus subnotatus Boheman, Eugenies Resa, 116, 1859.

Mauia satelles Blackburn, Roy. Soc. Dublin, Trans. III, 3: 195, 1885.

Contexta murina Jordan, Deutsche Ent. Zeitsch., 78, 1902.

This species might be confused with small, narrow specimens of Araecerus , but the interscrobal area is broader than the interocular area rather than being narrowerasinAraecerns. Theelytraareusuallyconspicuouslytessellatedwith patches of pale and dark, rather coarse squamules. Length, 2.5-3.5 111111. breadth, 1.0-1.5 111111

Three specimens of this species were collected by Swezey on Guam as follows: one specimen from the dry leaf of a large taro at Agana, May 4, 1936; one specimen from Thespesia populnea at Umatac, May 28, and one specimen from the seed cluster of a palm (Coccothrina,r?), Yigo, Nov. 13. The National Museum sent the following, all taken by Oakley: four in roof of thatched house, Sept. 10, 1937, and one labeled " Hong Kong China, Guam 416, II-20-38, with Philippine Clipper, 38-8993 ."

This species is widespread in the Pacific and in the Old World tropics. It frequents dead leaves, twigs, and branches of many plants.