Microperus eucalyptica (Schedl) Hulcr, Jiri, 2010

Hulcr, Jiri, 2010, Taxonomic changes in palaeotropical Xyleborini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae), ZooKeys 56, pp. 105-119 : 107

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.56.520

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Microperus eucalyptica (Schedl)
status

comb. n.

Microperus eucalyptica (Schedl) View in CoL comb. n.

Xyleborus eucalyptica Schedl, 1938

Coptodryas eucalyptica (Schedl): Wood and Bright 1992

Specimens examined.

Australia, Queensland, Geagana (lectotype, NHMW).

Comments.

All diagnostic features of Microperus present (elytral mycangia, absence of scutellum, small size, prolonged body shape, abundant vestiture). Similar to Microperus intermedius , but substantially longer, elytra often bicolored, usually without convexity on elytral disc.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

SubFamily

Scolytinae

Genus

Microperus