Skip to main content Skip to main navigation menu Skip to site footer
Responsive image
Issue: Vol. 5446 No. 1: 29 Apr. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-04-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5446.1.3
Page range: 65-76
Abstract views: 66
PDF downloaded: 37

Four new species of Arixyleborus Hopkins, 1915, ambrosia beetles from Thailand (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Xyleborini)

Agricultural Innovation and Management Division; Faculty of Natural Resources; Prince of Songkla University; Songkhla; 90110; Thailand
161/2 Mu 5; Soi Wat Pranon; T. Donkaew; A. Maerim; Chiangmai 50180; Thailand
Department of Entomology; Michigan State University; 288 Farm Lane; 243 Natural Science Bldg; East Lansing; MI 48824; USA
Coleoptera Diversity Oriental region Thai fauna Malaysia Sabah new species

Abstract

Four new species, Arixyleborus halabala Sittichaya, Beaver & Smith sp. nov., Arixyleborus longicauda Sittichaya, Beaver & Smith sp. nov., Arixyleborus vellus Sittichaya, Beaver & Smith sp. nov. are described from Thailand, and Arixyleborus liratus Sittichaya, Beaver & Smith sp. nov. from Thailand and East Malaysia (Sabah). With the inclusion of the species described here, the diversity of Arixyleborus is increased to 46 species, of which 20 occur in Thailand. A synoptic list with distributions and habitat types is provided.

References

  1. Beaver, R.A. (1999) New records of bark and ambrosia beetles from Thailand (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). Serangga, 4, 175–183.
  2. Beaver, R.A. & Liu, L.-Y. (2013) A synopsis of the pin-hole borers of Thailand (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Platypodinae). Zootaxa, 3646 (4), 447–486. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3646.4.7
  3. Beaver, R.A., Sittichaya, W. & Liu, L.-Y. (2014) A synopsis of the scolytine ambrosia beetles of Thailand (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Zootaxa, 3875 (1), 1–82. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3875.1.1
  4. Browne, F.G. (1961) The biology of Malayan Scolytidae and Platypodidae. Malayan Forest Records, 22, 1–255.
  5. Browne, F.G. (1963) Taxonomic notes on Scolytidae (Coleoptera). Entomologische Berichten, 23, 53–59.
  6. de Bruyn, M., Nugroho, E., Hossain, M.M., Wilson, J.C. & Mather, P.B. (2005) Phylogeographic evidence for the existence of an ancient biogeographic barrier: the Isthmus of Kra Seaway. Heredity, 94, 370–378. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.hdy.6800613
  7. Eggers, H. (1923) Neue indomalayische Borkenkäfer (Ipidae). Zoologische Mededeelingen, 7, 129–220.
  8. Gomez, D.F., Rabaglia, R.J., Fairbanks, K.E.O. & Hulcr, J. (2018) North American Xyleborini north of Mexico: a review and key to genera and species (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae). ZooKeys, 768, 19–68. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.768.24697
  9. Hopkins, A.D. (1915) Classification of the Cryphalinae with Descriptions of new Genera and Species. United States Department of Agriculture, Report No. 99. Government Printing Office, Washington, 75 pp., 4 pls. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.65905
  10. Hughes, A.C., Satasook, C., Bates, P.J.J., Bumrungsri, S. & Jones, G. (2011) Explaining the causes of the zoogeographic transition around the Isthmus of Kra: using bats as a case study. Journal of Biogeography, 38, 2362–2372. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02568.x
  11. Hulcr, J. & Cognato, A.I. (2013) Xyleborini of New Guinea: A Taxonomic Monograph. Thomas Say Publications in Entomology. Entomological Society of America, Lanham, 176 pp.
  12. Hulcr, J., Dole, S.A., Beaver, R.A. & Cognato, A.I. (2007) Cladistic review of generic taxonomic characters in Xyleborini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Systematic Entomology, 32, 568–584. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.2007.00386.x
  13. Hutacharern, C., Tubtim, N. & Dokmai, C. (2007) Checklists of insects and mites in Thailand. Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, Bangkok, 319 pp.
  14. Kirkendall, L.R., Biedermann, P.H.W. & Jordal, B.H. (2015) Evolution and diversity of bark and ambrosia beetles. In: Vega, F.E. & Hofstetter, R.W. (Eds.), Bark Beetles. Biology and Ecology of Native and Invasive Species. Academic Press, London, pp. 85–156. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-417156-5.00003-4
  15. Maiti, P.K. & Saha, N. (2004) Fauna of India and the Adjacent Countries. Scolytidae: Coleoptera (Bark- and Ambrosia-beetles) (Vol. 1). Part-1. Introduction and Tribe Xyleborini. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 268 pp.
  16. Marchioro, M., Faccoli, M., Dal Cortivo, M., Branco, M., Roques, A., Garcia, A. & Ruzzier, E. (2022) New species and new records of exotic Scolytinae (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) in Europe. Biodiversity Data Journal, 10, e93995. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.10.e93995
  17. Parnell, J. (2013) The biogeography of the Isthmus of Kra region: a review. Nordic Journal of Botany, 31, 1‒15. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1756-1051.2012.00121.x
  18. Ruzzier, E., Ortis, G., Vallotto, D., Faccoli, M., Martinez-Sañudo, I. & Marchioro, M. (2022) Scolytinae Xyleborini host plants dataset. Zenodo (accessed 5 December 2023) https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7326499
  19. Ruzzier, E., Ortis, G., Vallotto, D., Faccoli, M., Martinez-Sañudo, I. & Marchioro, M. (2023) The first full host plant dataset of Curculionidae Scolytinae of the world: tribe Xyleborini LeConte, 1876. Scientific Data, 10, 166. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02083-5
  20. Schedl, K.E. (1936) Scolytidae and Platypodidae: Fauna Philippinensis, IV. Philippine Journal of Science, 60, 59–67.
  21. Schedl, K.E. (1952) Zur Synonymie der Borkenkäfer I. Entomologische Blätter, 47/48, 158–164.
  22. Sittichaya, W. (2012) Bark and ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae) infesting mango trees (Mangifera indica L.) in Southern Thailand, with two new species recorded for Thailand. Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology, 34, 153‒155.
  23. Sittichaya, W. & Beaver, R.A. (2009) Rubberwood-destroying beetles in the eastern and gulf areas of Thailand (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae, Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae). Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology, 31, 381‒387.
  24. Sittichaya, W., Permkam, S. & Cognato, A.I. (2012) Species composition and flight pattern of Xyleborini ambrosia beetles (Col.: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) from agricultural areas in southern Thailand. Environmental Entomology, 41, 776‒784. https://doi.org/10.1603/EN11271
  25. Sittichaya, W., Smith, S.M. & Beaver, R.A. (2019) Ten newly recorded species of xyleborine ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae, Xyleborini) from Thailand. ZooKeys, 862, 109–127. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.862.34766
  26. Smith, S.M., Beaver, R.A. & Cognato, A.I. (2020) A monograph of the Xyleborini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae) of the Indochinese Peninsula (except Malaysia) and China. ZooKeys, 983, 1–442. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.983.52630
  27. Smith, S.M., Beaver, R.A., Sittichaya, W. & Cognato, A.I. (2022) One hundred eighteen taxonomic changes among Xyleborine ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Zootaxa, 5194 (2), 151–175. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5194.2.1
  28. Wood, S.L. (1986) A reclassification of the genera of Scolytidae (Coleoptera). Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs, 10, 1–126.
  29. 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.