Ambrosiodmus minor (Stebbing)

Beaver, Roger A. & Smith, Sarah M., 2022, The bark and ambrosia beetles of Bhutan (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae): a synopsis with three new species of Scolytinae, Zootaxa 5174 (1), pp. 1-24 : 11

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scientific name	Ambrosiodmus minor (Stebbing)
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Ambrosiodmus minor (Stebbing) View in CoL

Phloeosinus minor Stebbing, 1907: 37 View in CoL .

Dryocoetes minor (Stebbing) View in CoL : Stebbing 1914: 549.

Xyleborus minor (Stebbing) View in CoL : Beeson 1930: 70.

Ambrosiodmus minor (Stebbing) View in CoL : Wood & Bright 1992: 676.

Recorded from Bhutan by Schedl (1975).

Distribution. South China, India and Nepal, through Southeast Asia to East Malaysia, Taiwan.

Biology. A polyphagous species like the majority of Xyleborini . Beeson (1930) describes the biology, gallery system and phenology. He notes that the species tends to attack timber which has been felled for several weeks rather than freshly felled.

References

Beeson, C. F. C. (1930) The biology of the genus Xyleborus, with more new species. Indian Forest Record s, Entomology Series, 14 (10), 209 - 272.

Schedl, K. E. (1975) Ergebnisse der Bhutan-Expedition 1972 des Naturhistorischen Museums in Basel, Coleoptera: Fam: Scolytidae und Platypodidae. Entomologica Basiliensia, 1, 383 - 385.

Stebbing, E. P. (1907) On some Assam sal (Shorea robusta) insect pests. With notes upon some insects predaceous and parasitic upon them. Indian Forest Bulletin, 11, 1 - 66 + 8 pls.

Stebbing, E. P. (1914) Indian forest insects of economic importance. Coleoptera. Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, xvi + 648 p., 63 pls. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 9203

Wood, S. L. & Bright, D. E. (1992) A catalog of Scolytidae and Platypodidae (Coleoptera), Part 2: Taxonomic index. Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs, 13, 1 - 1553.