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Ambrosiodmus asperatus

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Ambrosiodmus asperatus
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A. asperatus
Binomial name
Ambrosiodmus asperatus
(Blandford, 1895)
Synonyms
  • Xyleborus asperatus Blandford, 1895
  • Xyleborus nepotulus Eggers, 1923
  • Xyleborus citri Beeson, 1930
  • Xyleborus nepotulomorphus Eggers, 1936

Ambrosiodmus asperatus, commonly known as ambrosia beetle,[1] is a species of weevil found in China, India, Nepal, Indonesia: Java, Sumatra, Japan: Ryukyu Islands, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, and Brunei. The species also introduced to Australia.[2]

Description

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This very small species has a body length is about 2.5 to 2.8 mm.[3] The species is characterized by having declivital interstriae 2 bearing a row of 3 to 5 denticles. The declivital interstriae 1 are distinctly impressed.[4][5]

Biology

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It is a polyphagous beetle found abundantly during the rainy season. In southern Thailand, in inhabited in durian-based agricultural lands and nearby forests.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "ambrosia beetle: Ambrosiodmus asperatus (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)". www.barkbeetles.org. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
  2. ^ "HISL - PEET Scolytinae". xyleborini.speciesfile.org. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
  3. ^ "Ambrosiodmus". www.ambrosiasymbiosis.org. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
  4. ^ "SE Asian Ambrosia Beetle ID | Fact sheet". idtools.org. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
  5. ^ Wood, Stephen L. (1989). "Nomenclatural Changes and New Species of Scolytidae (Coleoptera), Part IV". The Great Basin Naturalist. 49 (2): 167–185. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.22642. JSTOR 41712501. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
  6. ^ "Ambrosiodmus asperatus (Blandford)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
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