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Issue: Vol. 5284 No. 2: 11 May 2023
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2023-05-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5284.2.11
Page range: 397-400
Abstract views: 997
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First record of two ambrosia beetle, Platypus quercivorus (Murayama) and Platypus koryoensis (Murayama) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Platypodinae) in Mainland China

Forestry College; Nanjing Forestry University; College of Agriculture; Jiangxi Agriculture University
College of Agriculture; Jiangxi Agriculture University
Animal & Plant Inspection and Quarantine Technology Center of Shenzhen Customs District
College of Plant Protection; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
Technical Center of Gongbei Customs District
College of Biological and Agricultural Sciences; Honghe University
Forestry College; Nanjing Forestry University
Coleoptera Curculionidae Platypodinae China

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How to Cite

Lai, S., Wang, J., Wang, Y., Li, Y., Lin, W., Meng, L. & Hao, D. (2023) First record of two ambrosia beetle, Platypus quercivorus (Murayama) and Platypus koryoensis (Murayama) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Platypodinae) in Mainland China. Zootaxa, 5284 (2), 397–400. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5284.2.11