<documentID-CLB-Dataset="9650"ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.983.52630"ID-GBIF-Dataset="d3b857f7-25c1-4b21-9d39-4510ab675fca"ID-PMC="PMC7655787"ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-983-1"ID-Pensoft-UUID="C890C7FD4B2D57A8B1A062305ED42D53"ID-PubMed="33244289"ID-ZooBank="7DED4CE2934C4539945F758930C927F9"ModsDocID="1313-2970-983-1"checkinTime="1604475085656"checkinUser="pensoft"docAuthor="Smith, Sarah M., Beaver, Roger A. & Cognato, Anthony I."docDate="2020"docId="FCB4A5E56E83BFF09D7B909AE67A1144"docLanguage="en"docName="ZooKeys 983: 1-442"docOrigin="ZooKeys 983"docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.983.52630"docTitle="Arixyleborus mediosectus"docType="treatment"docVersion="6"id="C890C7FD4B2D57A8B1A062305ED42D53"lastPageNumber="1"masterDocId="C890C7FD4B2D57A8B1A062305ED42D53"masterDocTitle="A monograph of the Xyleborini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae) of the Indochinese Peninsula (except Malaysia) and China"masterLastPageNumber="442"masterPageNumber="1"pageNumber="1"updateTime="1732888464283"updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
<mods:titleid="E56199EEACE0261A1A89CCF68067434B">A monograph of the Xyleborini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae) of the Indochinese Peninsula (except Malaysia) and China</mods:title>
<mods:namePartid="D34A8DCA1B75A9B1ECC67BAABEB33AFE">Smith, Sarah M.</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliationid="7C01E9C06102DC3F7AF6C00586AEB183">Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, 288 Farm Lane, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA</mods:affiliation>
<mods:namePartid="FC6B8EB542904FE39FC73B5B5CDF0F85">Beaver, Roger A.</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePartid="F42A936AC566B03A5CA21C4781CC9138">Cognato, Anthony I.</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliationid="E9A0860A62E9D24E902038CA92C968B5">Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, 288 Farm Lane, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA</mods:affiliation>
<figureCitationid="80DE0350C9795A3AE22ED86D4372BA78"captionStart="Figure 26"captionStartId="F26"captionText="Figure 26. Dorsal, lateral and declivital view of Arixyleborus hirsutulus, 2.0 mm (A, B, I), A. leprosulus, 1.9 - 2.0 mm (C, D, J), A. malayensis, 2.1 mm (E, F, K), and A. mediosectus, 1.9 - 2.0 mm (G, H, L)."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.983.52630.figure26"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/470826"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">Fig. 26G, H, L</figureCitation>
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Laos: 10 km N Luang-Prabang, Mekhong river, 240 km N Vientiane, hills c. 250 m, poor settlem[ent], prim[ary] veget[ation], lux, iii.1993, Insomsay Somsy (MFNB, 1); Vientiane, Nan Van Eue, 15.xii.1966, native collector, ex light trap (BPBM, 1); as previous except: Gi Sion vill. De Tha Ngone, 28.ii.1965, J.L. Gressitt, ex light trap (BPBM, 1). Vietnam: Dong Nai, Cat Tien N.P.,
as long as wide. This species is distinguished by the protibiae posterior faces inflated, granulate; antennal club wider than long; pronotum lateral margin oblique; pronotum anterior margin without serrations; posterolateral carina acute, granulate.
), the more finely granulate interstriae, and shallowly impressed striae at the apex of the elytral disc, and the presence of short coarse setae on the declivity rather than fine hair-like setae. It can be further distinguished from the closely related
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<bibRefCitationid="57C8F869F7B9AE4D51826EB29BEEE3FC"author="Maiti, PK"journalOrPublisher="Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata"pageId="0"pageNumber="1"refId="B253"refString="Maiti, PK, Saha, N, 2004. Fauna of India and the Adjacent Countries. Scolytidae: Coleoptera (Bark- and Ambrosia-beetles) (Vol. 1). Part-1. Introduction and Tribe Xyleborini. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata"title="Fauna of India and the Adjacent Countries. Scolytidae: Coleoptera (Bark- and Ambrosia-beetles) (Vol. 1). Part- 1. Introduction and Tribe Xyleborini."year="2004">Maiti and Saha 2004</bibRefCitation>
