Microperus alpha ( Beeson, 1929 )

Smith, Sarah M., Beaver, Roger A., Pham, Thai Hong & Cognato, Anthony I., 2022, New species and new records of Xyleborini from the Oriental region, Japan and Papua New Guinea (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), Zootaxa 5209 (1), pp. 1-33 : 27

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5209.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7330300
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scientific name	Microperus alpha ( Beeson, 1929 )
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New records. CHINA: Fujian, Longyan City, Wuping Co., Liangye Mtn Nat. Res., 25.142N, 116.135E, 403m, ex Sapium discolor , 29.viii.2019, Zhang, L., Liu, Z-H. (1, RABC); as previous except: ex Liquidambar formosana (1, RABC).

Distribution. Bangladesh, China (Fujian *, Guizhou, Yunnan), India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, West Bengal), Laos, West Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam.

Remarks. The species is polyphagous ( Maiti & Saha 2004), but has not previously been recorded from Triadica cochinchinensis (= Sapium discolor ) ( Euphorbiaceae ) or Liquidambar formosana (Altingiaceae) .

References

Beeson, C. F. C. (1929) Platypodidae and Scolytidae. In: Insects of Samoa, Part IV. Coleoptera (4) [1927 - 1935]. Trustees of the British Museum, London, pp. 217 - 248.

Maiti, P. K. & Saha, N. (2004) Fauna of India and the adjacent countries. Scolytidae: Coleoptera (bark and ambrosia beetles). Vol. 1. Part 1. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 268 pp.