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 25. Hylurgus indicus Wood, 1985 ( Figure 33 ) This species is diagnosed by the following morphological characters: ♀ frons strongly convex, coarsely tuberculate and without transverse impression just below middle; epistoma with medium carina of uniform height; vestiture of long, abundant hairs, and a fringe of hairs on the epistomal margin; eyes entire, elongately oval; antennal funicle with six segments, club ovate with three recurved sutures; pronotum rather quadrate, 1.05× as long as wide; sides somewhat parallel, slightly narrowing anteriorly; surface dull, with small, close, deeper punctures and a median longitudinal raised line; vestiture of moderately abundant long hairs; elytra 1.7× as long as pronotum, 1.8× as long as wide; elytral base substraight equal in width to pronotal base, sides parallel up to basal three-fourths with evenly rounded apex, elytral surface dull rather transversely wrinkled; striae weakly impressed, strial punctures moderately large, distinct, set apart about a diameter of a puncture; interstriae slightly wider than striae, with very small, close, punctures; interstrial vestiture of erect setae mostly in rows both disc and declivity; body dull reddish brown; body length: 3.2 mm , 2.96× as long as wide. FIGURE 33. Hylurgus indicus . Paratype female: dorsal view A , lateral view B , frons C . Male: Not studied. Remarks: This species strongly resembles H. micklitzi Watchl, 1881 but differs from it by smaller size and absence of a frontal tubercle. Hylurgus indicus also differs both from H. ligniperda and H. micklitzi by absence of tuft of hair-like setae on elytral declivity in female. Material examined: Paratype ♀ in FRI Dehradun. Type locality: Kumaon Hills, W . Almora, Uttarakhand , India Distribution: India : Kumaon Hills, W. Almora ( Uttarakhand ) Hosts: Pinus roxburghii ( Pinaceae ) Genus Xylechinus Chapuis, 1869 Xylechinus species are diagnosed by the following morphological features: body length: 1.5–3.5 mm ; antennal funicle with five segments; club with three sutures; anterior margin of eye slightly emarginate or sinuate; frons usually with median carina above the epistoma; pronotum usually wider than long, unarmed; pronotum with recumbent, filliform setae; scutellum small; metepisternal setae scale-like; elytral basal margin armed by a row of coarse crenulations; filliform setae of 1 st interstria lighter, and more closely distributed than other interstriae; declivity convex, with small granules and vestiture of small scale-like setae and sparse long, light, semi-erect, thick bristles; host: deciduous trees.