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Issue: Vol. 5506 No. 3: 9 Sept. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-09-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5506.3.5
Page range: 396-401
Abstract views: 135
PDF downloaded: 16

Cryptoxyleborus brevicauda, a new species of xyleborine ambrosia beetle 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
Coleoptera Diversity Oriental region Thai fauna new species key

Abstract

A new species, Cryptoxyleborus brevicauda Sittichaya & Beaver sp. nov., is described from the South of Thailand. A list of Cryptoxyleborus species found in Thailand with their provincial distributions and habitat types, and a key to Thai species are provided.

 

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