Dinoderus brevis Horn, 1878: 549

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Dinoderus brevis Horn, 1878: 549 . ( Fig. 8B )

Distribution in mainland Chin a: Unspecified locality in mainland China (Borowski 2007).

Other distributio n. Indo-China, South and South-East Asia, Africa, Central and South America (PaDIL 2017).

Biology. This species is polyphagous ( Beeson & Bhatia 1937). It breeds in bamboo, rattan and wood with a high starch content, but is also recorded tunnelling in the wood of both angiosperm and coniferous trees ( Beeson & Bhatia 1937).

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FIGURE 8. Dorsal view of subfamily Dinoderinae. A. Dinoderus bifoveolatus (Wollaston, 1858). B. D. brevis Horn, 1878. C. D. favosus Lesne, 1911, Type (NHML). E. D. japonicus Lesne, 1895. E. D. minutus (Fabricius, 1775). F. D. ocellaris Stephens, 1830, lateral view. G. D. ochraceipennis Lesne, 1906, Type (NHML). H. D. speculifer Lesne, 1895. I. Rhyzopertha dominica (Fabricius, 1792). J. Prostephanus truncatus (Horn, 1878). K. Stephanopachys linearis (Kugelann, 1792). L. S. himalayanus Lesne, 1932.