Micrapate simplicipennis (Lesne)

Liu, Lan-Yu, 2021, An annotated synopsis of the powder post beetles (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) of Mainland China, Zootaxa 5081 (3), pp. 389-419 : 395-396

Micrapate simplicipennis (Lesne) * ( Fig. 4C )

Xylopertha simplicipennis Lesne, 1895:177 .

Distribution in mainland China: New record for mainland China, YN, Xishuangbanna, 23km NW Jinghong vic. Na Ban (NNNR), 22°09.49’N 100°39.92’E, 730m, trans. Zone, 23.v.2008, MF, A.Weigel (1) (LLY); 20km NW Jinghong ManDian (NNNR), 22°07.80’N 100°40.05’E, 720m, ricefield fallow, 30.x.2008, MF, A.Weigel (3) (NME); 120km NW Jinghong , vic. Man Dian ( NNNR) , 22°07.80’N 100°40.05’E, 1720m, ricefield fallow, 20.x.2008, MF, A. Weigel (1) ( LLY) ; CQ, Wulong , 29°19.59’N 107°28.34’E, 276m, 11.v.2016, S. Tian & J. Lü (1)( JAU) ; ZJ, Quzhou , Kecheng, 13.xi.2018, J. Lü (1)( JAU) .

Other distributio n. India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, and Indonesia ( Liu & Beaver 2018).

Biology. Beeson & Bhatia (1937) record sixteen genera in ten different families as the host plants in India. In Thailand, the species has been collected from Albizzia saman (Jacq.) Merr. and Bauhinia variegata L. ( Fabaceae ), Bougainvillea sp. (Nyctaginaceae) , Mangifera indica L. ( Anacardiaceae ), Manihot esculenta Crantz (Euphorbiaceae) , Polyalthia longifolia (Sonn.) Thwaites (Annonaceae) ( Beaver et al. 2011). The species bores into small branch wood and twigs ( Beaver et al. 2011). Two to three generations a year are likely.

Figures

FIGURE 4. Dorsal view of tribe Bostrichini.A. Bostrichus capucinus (Linnaeus, 1758). B. Dolichobostrychus yunnanus Lesne, 1913. C. Micrapate simplicipennis (Lesne, 1895). D. Parabostrychus elongatus (Lesne, 1895). E. Lichenophanes carinipennis (Lewis, 1896). F. Parabostrychus acuticollis Lesne, 1913, lateral view. G. Heterobostrychus aequalis (Waterhouse, 1884) male. H. H. hamatipennis (Lesne, 1895), dorsal view of male’s declivity. I. H. aequalis, female. J. H. pileatus Lesne, 1899, heteromorphic male. K, L. H. pileatus Lesne, 1899, homeomorphic male.