A monograph of the Xyleborini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae) of the Indochinese Peninsula (except Malaysia) and China
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Smith, Sarah M.
Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, 288 Farm Lane, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Author
Beaver, Roger A.
161 / 2 Mu 5, Soi Wat Pranon, T. Donkaew, A. Maerim, Chiangmai 50180, Thailand
Author
Cognato, Anthony I.
Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, 288 Farm Lane, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Fortiborus major (Stebbing, 1909)
Fig. 60C, D, H
Phloeosinus major
Stebbing, 1909: 19.
Xyleborus major
(Stebbing):
Stebbing 1914
: 590.
Notoxyleborus major
(Stebbing):
Maiti and Saha 1986
: 100.
Fortiborus major
(Stebbing):
Hulcr and Cognato 2010a
: 17.
Xyleborus siclus
Schedl, 1936d: 26. Synonymy:
Hulcr and Cognato 2010a
: 18.
Type material.
Holotype
Phloeosinus major
(FRI).
Allotype
Xyleborus siclus
(NHMUK).
New records.
India: Andaman Islands, N. Andaman, 3.xi.1930, C.F.C. Beeson,
Dipterocarpus turbinatus
(NMNH, 1). [West] Bengal, Chilapata forest, Buxa, 1.ix.1915, C.F.C. Beeson,
Shorea robusta
bark (NMNH, 1).
Diagnosis.
5.2-6.0 mm long (mean = 5.58 mm; n = 5); 2.52-2.71
x
as long as wide. This species is distinguished by the moderate size; conspicuously angulate elytral apex; posterolateral declivital costa conspicuously elevated and asperate, making the declivity appear very broad and flat; declivital interstrial granules uniformly sized, present from base to apex; and discal interstrial punctures confused.
Similar species.
Fortiborus macropterus
.
Distribution.
'Borneo'
, India (Andaman Is*, Assam, West Bengal*), Indonesia (Mentawai Is, Sumatra), New Guinea, Thailand.
Host plants.
This species is also closely associated with
Dipterocarpaceae
(
Browne 1961b
). There are records of single specimens taken from three other families (
Ohno 1990
), but they may not have been breeding.