Anisandrus hirtus

Anisandrus hirtus (Hagedorn) Xyleborus hirtus Hagedorn, 1904: 126. Cyclorhipidion hirtum (Hagedorn): Wood & Bright 1992: 700. Anisandrus hirtus (Hagedorn): Hulcr et al. 2007: 578. Bhutan was included in the distribution by Beaver et al. (2014), but without a detailed record. New record. Bhutan, W. distr. Thimpu, E Dochu La, Menshunang, 2400m, 7.vii.1988, C. Holzschuh (1) (NKME) Distribution. Bhutan, Cambodia, China (Fujian, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan), India (Meghalaya, West Bengal), Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam. Biology. The species is polyphagous, and has been recorded from five genera in five different families (Lamiaceae, Lauraceae, Magnoliaceae, Rutaceae, Symplocaceae) (Wood & Bright 1992; Beaver & Liu 2010).Published as part of Beaver, Roger A. & Smith, Sarah M., 2022, The bark and ambrosia beetles of Bhutan (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae and Platypodinae): a synopsis with three new species of Scolytinae, pp. 1-24 in Zootaxa 5174 (1) on page 12, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5174.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/697296