Arixyleborus mediosectus

42. Arixyleborus mediosectus (Eggers) Xyleboricus mediosectus Eggers, 1923: 215. Arixyleborus mediosectus (Eggers): Schedl, 1958: 145. Thai distribution: (unspecified southern province) (Sittichaya et al. 2012); S: Nakhon Sri Thammarat. New records: Nakhon Sri Thammarat, Khao Nan NP, ex sifted litter, 2.iii., 24.iv.2006 (A. Hasalem) (2); Khao Luang NP, headquarter, 08° 22' 21.6'' N, 99° 44' 14.7'' E, 196 m, 01.iv.2010 (W. Sittichaya) (2), 01.vi.2010 (W. Sittichaya) (1); Chang Klang Distr., Durian plantation, 08° 21' 33.7'' N, 99° 39' 02.9'' E, 60 m, EtOH trap, 1.xi.2009 (W. Sittichaya) (2). Other distribution: Cambodia, India (Assam, Andaman Is.), Indonesia (Sumatera), Malaysia (E. & W.), Philippines, Sri Lanka, Vietnam. Intercepted in Japan in timber from the region. (4) Biology: Polyphagous (Maiti & Saha 2004). It has also been collected from the crop of an edible-nest swiftlet (Collocalia fuciphaga) (Beaver & Browne 1979). Illustrations: D (Maiti & Saha 2004).Published as part of Beaver, R. A., Sittichaya, W. & Liu, L-Y., 2014, A Synopsis of the Scolytine Ambrosia Beetles of Thailand (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), pp. 1-82 in Zootaxa 3875 (1) on pages 29-30, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3875.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/513058