Microperus alpha (Beeson) comb. n.

Xyleborus alpha Beeson, 1929

Coptodryas alpha (Beeson): Wood and Bright 1992

Specimens examined.

India, Sunderbans Div. (holotype, BMNH).

Comments.

All diagnostic features of Microperus present: small size, elytral punctures aligned in striae, and prolonged body shape (Hulcr and Cognato in press). Similar to Microperus pometianus, but slightly longer, with distinctly elevated and long declivital costa.