Coptodryas elegans

Coptodryas elegans is a species of ambrosia beetles in the tribe Xyleborini (highly specialized weevils of the subfamily Scolytinae). It is found in Asia (Burma, India, Indonesia) and the Pacific. The type locality is Raja Bhat Khawa in Bengal. It can be found on Albizzia moluccana, Eugenia jambolana, Lansium sp. and Shorea robusta.

Coptodryas elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Curculionidae
Subfamily:
Scolytinae
Tribe:
Xyleborini
Genus:
Coptodryas
Species:
C. elegans
Binomial name
Coptodryas elegans
(Sampson) Wood & Bright, 1992[1]
Synonyms
  • Coptodryas conccinnus
  • Coptodryas flexiocostatus
  • Xyleborus elegans Sampson 1923

References
  1. A catalogue of Scolytidae and Platypodidae (Coleoptera). Part 2, Volumes A & B. SL Wood and DE Bright Jr - Great Basin naturalist memoirs, 1992

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