Microperus calamoides
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Microperus calamoides holotype lateral; M. Lourdes Chamorro |
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Microperus calamoides holotype dorsal; M. Lourdes Chamorro |
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Microperus calamoides holotype declivity; M. Lourdes Chamorro |
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Microperus calamoides holotype frontal; M. Lourdes Chamorro |
Taxonomic history
Xyleborus calamoides Murayama, 1934: 291.
Amasa calamoides (Murayama): Wood and Bright 1992: 682.
Microperus calamoides (Murayama): Smith et al. 2018b: 396.
Diagnosis
2.13 mm long, 2.45 times as long as wide (Murayama, 1934). This species is distinguished by the truncatetruncate:
appearing cut off or suddenly shortened
elytralelytral:
pertaining to the elytra
declivitydeclivity:
downward slope of either the pronotum or elytra
that is encircled by a circumdeclivital carinacarina:
an elevated ridge or keel, not necessarily high or acute
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May be confused with
Amasa spp.
Distribution
Japan
Host plants
recorded only from Quercus gilva (Fagaceae) (Murayama 1934)
DNA data
specimens not available for sequencing
