Microperus calamoides Smith & Beaver & Cognato 2018, comb. n.

Microperus calamoides (Murayama) comb. n. Xyleborus calamoides Murayama, 1934: 291. Amasa calamoides (Murayama): Wood & Bright, 1992: 682. Taxonomy: Syntypes of Xyleborus calamoides (NMNH) were examined by SMS. The specimens have an obliquely truncate declivity which is generally associated with Amasa. However, multiple Asian xyleborine genera have at least one species with a truncate declivity. The species is transferred to Microperus Wood, 1980 because of the following characters: pronotum type 2 (viewed dorsally), antennal club type 3, scutellum not visible and lack of mycangial tufts.

Published as part of Smith, Sarah M., Beaver, Roger A. & Cognato, Anthony I., 2018, New synonymy, new combinations and other taxonomic changes in Japanese xyleborine ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), pp. 391-403 in Zootaxa 4521 (3) on page 396, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4521.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/2609989

Keywords

Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Insecta, Microperus, Arthropoda, Animalia, Biodiversity, Microperus calamoides, Taxonomy

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