Scolytoplatypus blandfordi Gebhardt

Scolytoplatypus blandfordi Gebhardt, 2006: 162, fig. 2B.

Material examined.

China: Yunnan, Honghe, Maguanm Gulingqin, 22.731N, 103.993E, 592 m, FIT, 24.iv.2018, DJS17, L.Z. Meng (1m RAB); as previous except: Lijiang, 24.143N, 100.227E, 3221 m, 28.v.2018, LJ3200-4FI (2m RAB); as previous except: Puer, Jingdong, Ailoshan, 24.532N, 101.015E, 2499 m, 8.v.2018, ALS(S)2400-3FI (2m RAB); as previous except: 24.517N, 101.012E, 9.vi.2018, FIT, ALS2200-2FI (1f RAB) .

Distribution.

China (Taiwan). New to Chinese mainland (Yunnan).

Diagnosis.

The species is related to S. wugongshanensis and S. skyliuae. The males can be distinguished by the characters given in Table 2 and the key.

Host.

Recorded from Cyclobalanopsis morii (Hayata) Schottky ( Fagaceae) (Beaver and Gebhardt 2006).