Ancipitis puer (Eggers)

Beaver, R. A., Sittichaya, W. & Liu, L-Y., 2014, A Synopsis of the Scolytine Ambrosia Beetles of Thailand (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), Zootaxa 3875 (1), pp. 1-82 : 26

32. Ancipitis puer (Eggers) *

Xyleborus puer Eggers, 1923: 191 .

Ancipitis puer (Eggers) : Hulcr & Cognato, 2013: 42.

Xyleborus ceramensis Schedl, 1937: 549 . Synonymy: Hulcr & Cognato, 2013: 42.

Thai distribution: S: Nakhon Sri Thammarat, Trang. New to Thailand.

New records: Nakhon Sri Thammarat, Khao Luang NP, headquarters, 08° 22' 21.6'' N, 99° 44' 14.7'' E, 196 m, EtOH trap, 1.ii.2010 (W. Sittichaya) (1); Trang, Khao Bantad WS, Sairung Waterfall, 07° 26' 31.0''N, 99° 48' 28.6'' E, 110 m, EtOH trap, 01.x.2013 (W. Sittichaya) (1) .

Other distribution: Indonesia (Maluku, Mentawei Is., Sulawesi), Malaysia (E. & W.), New Guinea. (3)

Taxonomy: The species is listed under Leptoxyleborus Wood by Wood & Bright (1992), but has been recently transferred to the new genus Ancipitis ( Hulcr & Cognato 2013) .

Biology: Recorded only from Intsia (Leguminosae) and Shorea (Dipterocarpaceae) ( Browne 1961a), but probably polyphagous. The gallery system has a brood chamber, either between the bark and wood, or in the wood, rather than branched tunnels only ( Browne 1961a).

Illustrations: P (Hulcr 2013, Hulcr & Cognato 2013).