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 39. Polygraphus setosus Schedl, 1979 ( Figure 50 ) This species is diagnosed by the following morphological characters: ♀ frons transversely depressed, with indistinct fine punctures and short fine hairs, longer and denser on epistomal margin, a pair of median transversely set tubercles at the upper level of eyes; pronotum 1.63× wider than long with a distinct, median, longitudinal, impunctate line upto basal two-third, anterior-third with a transverse coller-like depression; surface shiny, convex with fine punctures, each puncture with recumbent fine hair; basal margin with a sharp transverse ridge; scutellum indistinct; elytra 1.57× as long as its width, 2.56× as long as pronotum, lateral sides subparallel, converging into a rounded apex; anterior margin distinctly asperate throughout, surface convex and roughened with some granules; discal striae 1, 2 and 3 with some granules and those on others indistinct but with roughened surface; interstria 1 distinctly marked up to apex, interstria 2 distinct upto declivity and rest feebly marked; interstrial surface with a row of widely spaced long, erect, scale-like setae and ground cover of very short blunt, feathery scales and fine hairs; declivity distinct on posterior third, surface weakly convex, but sharply declivous with distinct scale-like setae; interstriae 1, 2 and 3 with some granules; striae 1, 2 and 3 somehow prominent, rest indistinct; head and pronotum black, elytra dark-brown; body length: 2.28 mm , 2.32× as long as wide. FIGURE 50. Polygraphus setosus . Female: dorsal view A , lateral view B ; male: lateral view C . Male frons shallowly concave with sparse, hairs becoming longer on upper, lateral and epistomal margins and without a pair of tubercles on frons; body lenth: 2.23–2.30 mm . Material examined: New records: India : 2 ♂ ′s, 1 ♀ . Himachal Pradesh , Dalhousie , Banikhet ( 32° 32.939 N , 075° 57.027′ E , 5490 ft. ), A.A. Buhroo , 27.09.2018 ( KUIC ) . Distribution: India : Himachal Pradesh , Punjab, Uttarakhand Hosts: Pinus roxburghii ( Pinaceae )