Ambrosiodmus asperatus

Ambrosiodmus asperatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Curculionidae
Genus:	Ambrosiodmus
Species:	A. asperatus
Binomial name
Ambrosiodmus asperatus (Blandford, 1895)
Synonyms
Xyleborus asperatusBlandford, 1895 Xyleborus nepotulusEggers, 1923 Xyleborus citriBeeson, 1930 Xyleborus nepotulomorphusEggers, 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

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

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

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.

External links

• Images of ambrosia beetle