A taxonomic monograph of subfamily Scolytinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in the Western Himalaya Author Buhroo, Abdul Ahad 0000-0002-9576-1165 Section of Entomology, Department of Zoology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Kashmir, Srinagar- 190006 India abuhroo @ yahoo. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9576 - 1165 abuhroo@yahoo.com text Zootaxa 2024 2024-10-31 5533 1 1 82 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5533.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5533.1.1 1175-5334 14023339 F48DF7EE-7DED-49D3-96A5-620881E3AB36 51. Hypothenemus birmanus ( Eichhoff, 1878a ) ( Figure 64 ) = Triarmocerus birmanus Eichhoff, 1878a = birmanus Eichhoff, 1878b = maculicollis Sharp, 1879 = peritus Blandford, 1894 = farinosus Blandford, 1896a = valens Sampson, 1914 = perkinsi Hopkins, 1915 = psidii Hopkins, 1915 = sterculiae Hopkins, 1915 = alter Eggers, 1923 = uter Eggers, 1923 = nibarani Beeson, 1933 = ampliatus Eggers, 1936 = pacificus Beeson, 1940 = castaneus Wood, 1954 = dubius Schedl, 1971 This species is diagnosed by the following morphological characters: ♀ frons moderately convex, feebly impressed above epistoma, with median longitudinal strip smooth and shiny, laterally finely reticulate; vertex strongly reticulate; surface with small, obscure, rather sparse punctures; vestiture of fine, sparse, rather short hair somewhat long and abundant on epistoma; eyes shallowly emarginate, finely faceted; antennal funicle with four segments; club flattened, suture 1 partly septate; other two sutures rather procurved; pronotum 1.14× wider than long, widest on basal third, sides rather strongly arcuate, converging towards narrowly rounded anterior margin; anterior margin with four closely placed serrations, median pair largest; summit at middle, anterior slope armed by 18–20 distinct asperities; posterior areas smooth, shining with small punctures; vestiture of ground cover of short semi-recumbent hair, intermixed with sparse, longer bristles anteriorly and laterally, sparse slender scales near base; elytra 1.49× as long as wide, 1.76× as long as pronotum; lateral sides subparallel upto basal two-thirds, narrowing posteriorly with rounded apex; striae weakly impressed on base and declivity, punctures moderately larger near base, small towards declivity; interstriae more than twice as wide as striae, with irregular 2–3 rows of minute punctures; declivity convex, moderately steep; sculpture nearly same as on disc; vestiture of ground cover of short hairs on disc, more stout and denser on declivity; uniseriate erect interstrial scales (each scale 2–4× as long as wide); flattened interstrial scales stout and more denser on declivity than on disc; body color dark-brown to black; body length: 2.10–2.12 mm , 2.38× as long as wide. FIGURE 64. Hypothenemus birmanus . Female: dorsal view A , lateral view B , frons C . Male similar to female except anterior margin of pronotum with only two serrations, eyes greatly reduced in size, antennal club smaller, more slender. Material examined: New record: India : 3 ♀ ′s. Himachal Pradesh , Tanda Palampur ( 32° 06.141′ N , 076° 32.036′ E , 4008 ft. ), A.A. Buhroo , 25.09.2018 ( KUIC ) . Distribution: India : Andaman Islands, Himachal Pradesh (new record), Madhya Pradesh , Uttarakhand . South East Asia , Australia , Micronesia , Hawaii, Africa and Central and North America Hosts: Collected from unknown wood, and many other Leguminosae hosts as reported by Browne (1961)