Amasa aspersa (Sampson)
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3875.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:66613335-DA8E-4EE7-A0A4-5FE405B15437 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5130784 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/11038800-FFFC-FF8D-FF41-30116ECD0A13 |
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Felipe |
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Amasa aspersa (Sampson) |
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Xyleborus aspersus Sampson, 1921: 31 View in CoL .
Amasa aspersus View in CoL [sic] (Sampson): Wood & Bright, 1992: 682.
Thai distribution: S: Nakhon Sri Thammarat ( Schedl 1936a as Xyleborus aspersus View in CoL ). The species has not been recorded again in Thailand.
Other distribution: Malaysia (E. and W.). The species also occurs in Brunei Darussalam (R. A. Beaver, unpublished records). (3)
Taxonomy: Alonso-Zarazaga and Lyal (2009) point out that the generic name, Amasa Lea , is female rather than male (contra Wood & Bright 1992, Bright & Skidmore 1997, 2002). Morphological species limits are often indistinct in Amasa , and this has led to conflicting interpretations and synonyms (see below).
Biology: All host records are from the genus Eugenia (Myrtaceae) , and the species appears to have a fixed host association with this family ( Browne 1961a). The gallery system has a radial, unbranched entrance tunnel leading to a single, large, more or less oblong chamber in the longitudinal plane ( Browne 1961a).
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Scolytinae |
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Xyleborini |
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Amasa aspersa (Sampson)
| Beaver, R. A., Sittichaya, W. & Liu, L-Y. 2014 |
Amasa aspersus
| Wood, S. L. & Bright, D. E. 1992: 682 |
Xyleborus aspersus
| Sampson, F. W. 1921: 31 |