Debus shoreae (Stebbing) *

Tomicus shoreae Stebbing, 1907: 39 .

Xyleborus shoreae (Stebbing): Beeson 1930: 258.

Debus shoreae (Stebbing): Beaver et al. 2014: 44.

This species is newly recorded from Bhutan.

New record. Bhutan, Gedu, 6.viii.[19]85, DE Padgham (1) (NHML).

Distribution. Bhutan, China (Guangxi, Sichuan), India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal), Indonesia (Java, Sumatra), Laos, East Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Thailand, Vietnam.

Biology. The species is polyphagous, but may have a preference for Dipterocarpaceae (Beaver et al. 2014) . Beeson (1961) briefly describes the gallery system and phenology.