Animalia Coleoptera Curculionidae SittichayaWisutSmithSarah M.BeaverRoger A.ThaochanNaritRevision of the xyleborine ambrosia beetle genus Microperus Wood, 1980 (Curculionidae, Scolytinae, Xyleborini) of Thailand with four new species and four newly recorded speciesZookeys03122021107419121410.3897/zookeys.1074.76235 CC0E22E6-0EF2-5DE6-AC1E-F000517799F4 Microperus quercicola (Eggers, 1926)Figure 9 Xyleborus quercicola Eggers, 1926: 146. Microperus quercicola (Eggers): Smith et al. 2018: 396. Xyleborus izuensis Murayama, 1952: 16. Synonymy: Smith et al. 2018: 396.Diagnosis.

1.8–1.92 (mean = 1.85 mm; n = 4) 2.50–2.53× as long as wide [1.8–2.0 mm long (mean = 1.96 mm; n = 5); 2.38–2.86× as long as wide (Smith et al. 2020)]. 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 dense, separated by the width of one granule; declivital surface shiny; posterolateral costa strongly carinate; interstriae densely setose, setae fine, hair-like as long as the width of an interstria; and strial punctures setose, setae recumbent, hair-like, less than a strial width.

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Microperusquercicola (Eggers, 1926) A dorsal view B lateral view.

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New records.

Thailand: Narathiwat Province, Hala-Bala Wildlife Sanctuary, 5°47'44"N, 101°50'07"E, lowland tropical rainforest, 01.xii.2017 (1 WSTC) ethanol-baited trap; Songkhla Province, Ton Nga Chang Wildlife Sanctuary, tropical rainforest, 6°59'32.1"N, 100°08'57.8"E, 01.ii.2015 (2), ethanol-baited trap, (all W. Sittichaya) (WSTC).

Distribution.

China (Guizhou, Hong Kong, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang), Japan, Russia (Far East), South Korea, Taiwan.

Host plants.

This species is polyphagous and has been recorded from Cinnamomum (Lauraceae) (Murayama 1952), Diospyros (Ebenaceae), Fraxinus (Oleaceae), Carpinus (Betulaceae) (Mandelshtam et al. 2018) and “oak trees” (Fagaceae) (Eggers 1926).

SmithSMBeaverRACognatoAI (2018) New synonymy, new combinations and taxonomic changes in Japanese xyleborine ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae).Zootaxa4521: 391403. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4521.3.5SmithSMBeaverRACognatoAI (2020) A monograph of the Xyleborini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae) of the Indochinese Peninsula (except Malaysia) and China.ZooKeys983: 1442. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.983.52630MurayamaJ (1952) Notes on the scolytid-beetles (Coleoptera) from southern and western parts of Izu Peninsula, Shizuoka Prefecture.Bulletin of the Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguti University3: 1523.MandelshtamMYuYakushkinEAPetrovAV (2018) Oriental ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae): new inhabitants of Primorsky krai in Russia.Russian Journal of Biological Invasions9: 355365. https://doi.org/10.1134/S2075111718040082EggersH (1926) Japanische Borkenkäfer, I.Entomologische Blätter22: 145148.