Exochomoscirtes hajeki RUTA, 2011

Kovac, Damir & Klausnitzer, Bernhard, 2020, A new species of Exochomoscirtes PIC, 1916 from Malaysia (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scirtidae) with biological notes on the bamboo-inhabiting members of the genus, Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 70 (1), pp. 167-180 : 169

Exochomoscirtes hajeki RUTA, 2011

Material examined: 1 , Pangmapha, near Ban Nam Rin, 2011-11-25, in decaying bamboo stem, internode with narrow slit, B1/11b; 1 , Malaysia, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Genting Highlands , 1991-05-06, ca. 1000 m, dead bamboo culm (experimental internode), BHe1; 1 , Selangor Darul Ehsan, Ulu Gombak Field Studies Centre , 1991-11-07, 250 m, dead bamboo culm of Gigantochloa scortechinii (experimental internode), BHe5; 1  + 2 specimens (1 ex larva), Ulu Gombak, Field Studies Centre, 1999-09-13, rotting bamboo internode; all leg. D. KOVAC .

Habitat: Water-filled decaying bamboo internodes with

small holes.

Host plants: Bambusa polymorpha , Cephalostachyum

pergracile, Dendrocalamus sp. , Gigantochloa scortechinii .

Distribution: Malaysia (Perak, Cameron Highlands, so far only known from type locality, ( RUTA 2011b). First record for Thailand.