Microperus pometianus (Schedl, 1939) Fig. 69C, D, J

Xyleborus pometianus Schedl, 1939a: 354.

Microperus pometianus (Schedl): Hulcr and Cognato 2010a: 21.

Type material.

Lectotype (NHMW).

Diagnosis.

1.2-1.7 mm long (mean = 1.44 mm; n = 5); 2.6-3.0 × as long as wide. This species is distinguished by the elytral disc flat; declivity short, steep; declivity granulate from base to apex, granules small, as abundant as strial punctures; granules dispersed, separated by the width of at least three granules; declivital surface shagreened; interstriae moderately setose, setae short semi-erect bristles, less than the width of an interstria; striae glabrous; and minute size.

Similar species.

Microperus quercicola .

Distribution.

East & West Malaysia, New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand.

Host plants.

Recorded from Nephelium, Pometia, Xerospermum ( Sapindaceae), and an unidentified genus of Burseraceae (Schedl 1942a; Browne 1961b). An association with Sapindaceae is suggested by Browne (1961b), but there are too few records to be sure of this.