Three new genera of oriental Xyleborina (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)
Author
Hulcr, Jiri
Author
Cognato, Anthony I.
text
Zootaxa
2009
2204
19
36
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.189700
f48b8ba7-9ec3-455c-8087-9082458a6f72
1175-5326
189700
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Beaverium sundaensis
(
Eggers 1923
)
comb. n.
Previous genus:
Xyleborus
Diagnosis:
The smallest representative of the genus in Melanesia, but its size is variable. Pronotum with elevated recurved carina on the frontal margin. Long and broad declivity, but notably narrower than in other
Beaverium
spp., attenuated towards the end. The costa around declivital apex is blunt. Punctures on declivity are of variable size, usually small and completely confused; however in some specimens the strial punctures are larger than the interstrial ones, creating an impression of a more aligned declivital surface. Little or no emargination of the apex of elytra. The dorsal outline of elytra is concave.
Length:
3.8–4.8 mm
.
Discussion.
Non-types of
Xyleborus rufobrunneus
from
Philippines
seen in BMNH and FICB are almost identical to
B. sundaensis
. A non-type of
X. rufonitidus
from Java (BMNH) also has a concavity on elytral disc.
Browne (1961)
placed these species among the "
major
group", with
X. pseudopilifer
,
X. latus
, and others, which seem to belong to more than one genus.
Examined material:
Indonesia
, Java, Poerwakarta, (
lectotype
,
USNM
);
PNG
: Madang Prov. (6), Oro Prov. (2), J. Hulcr
2002–2006
.