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Ambrosiodmus sarawakensis

Description

27. Ambrosiodmus sarawakensis (Eggers) *

Xyleborus sarawakensis Eggers, 1923: 176.

Ambrosiodmus sarawakensis (Eggers): Wood & Bright, 1992: 680.

Thai distribution: S: Nakhon Sri Thammarat. New to Thailand.

New record: Nakhon Sri Thammarat, Namtok Yong NP, 8° 10.434' N, 99° 44.508' E, 80 m, MT, 26.viii–2.ix.2008 (U-prai, K.) (2).

Other distribution: Malaysia (E. & W.) (3)

Biology: Recorded from Lophopetalum (Celastraceae), Parinari (Chrysobalanaceae), Xanthophyllum (Polygalaceae) and an unidentified genus of Annonaceae (Browne 1961a). The gallery system has a few branches in one transverse plane. This large species usually attacks large logs, but is sometimes found in smaller branches (Browne 1961a).

Illustrations: P (Hulcr 2012); D (Nunberg 1978 as Xyleborus sarawakensis).

Notes

Published as part of Beaver, R. A., Sittichaya, W. & Liu, L-Y., 2014, A Synopsis of the Scolytine Ambrosia Beetles of Thailand (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), pp. 1-82 in Zootaxa 3875 (1) on page 24, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3875.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5130589

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
NP, MT
Event date
2008-08-26
Family
Curculionidae
Genus
Ambrosiodmus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Eggers
Species
sarawakensis
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
2008-08-26/09-02
Taxonomic concept label
Ambrosiodmus sarawakensis (Eggers, 1923) sec. Beaver, Sittichaya & Liu, 2014

References

  • Eggers, H. (1923) Neue indomalayische Borkenkafer (Ipidae). Zoologische Mededelingen, 7, 129 - 220.
  • Wood, S. L. & Bright, D. E. (1992) A catalog of Scolytidae and Platypodidae (Coleoptera), Part 2: Taxonomic index. Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs, 13, 1 - 1553.
  • Browne, F. G. (1961 a) The biology of Malayan Scolytidae and Platypodidae. Malayan Forest Records, 22, 1 - 255.
  • Hulcr, J. (2012) Xyleborini ambrosia beetles. Available from: http: // Xyleborini. myspecies. info / gallery (accessed 15 June 2014)
  • Nunberg, M. (1978) Die Gattung Xyleborus Eichhoff (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). Erganzungen, Berichtugungen und Erweiterung der Diagnosen, IV. Teil. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa, 34, 101 - 120.