Leptoxyleborus sordicauda (Motschulsky)

Beaver, Roger A. & Smith, Sarah M., 2022, The bark and ambrosia beetles of Bhutan (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae): a synopsis with three new species of Scolytinae, Zootaxa 5174 (1), pp. 1-24 : 15

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5174.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F80F144B-D1E8-4587-A146-0BACFFE18FB6
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6973018
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/217A020B-6E5A-3F03-FF6C-4C9FFEA0CC76
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Leptoxyleborus sordicauda (Motschulsky)
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Leptoxyleborus sordicauda (Motschulsky) View in CoL *

Phloeotrogus sordicauda Motschulsky, 1863: 514 View in CoL .

Leptoxyleborus sordicauda (Motschulsky) View in CoL : Wood 1980: 94.

This species is newly recorded from Bhutan.

New records. Bhutan, Gedu, 6.xiii.[19]85, AF Padgham, ex Salmalia sp. CIE A17491 (5); as previous except: ex Trewia nudiflora (1); as previous except: ex Symplocos sp. (1) (all NHML).

Distribution. China ( Guangxi, Jiangxi), India (Andaman Is, West Bengal), Indonesia ( Java, Maluku, Sumatra), Japan, East & West Malaysia, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam.

Biology. The species is polyphagous (e.g. Browne 1961; Ohno 1990). Bombax (= Salmalia ) ( Malvaceae ), Mallotus (= Trewia ) ( Euphorbiaceae ) and Symplocos (Symplocaceae) are new host tree records. The species attacks both large logs, smaller stems, and lianas ( Browne 1961). It may be particularly attracted to sappy stems ( Beaver & Browne 1979).