A monograph of the Xyleborini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae) of the Indochinese Peninsula (except Malaysia) and China
Author
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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Fraudatrix simplex (Browne, 1949)
Fig. 61E, F, I
Cryptoxyleborus simplex
Browne, 1949: 902.
Webbia simplex
(Browne):
Wood and Bright 1992
: 833.
Cryptoxyleborus simplex
Browne:
Bright and Skidmore 1997
: 5, 176.
Fraudatrix simplex
(Browne):
Cognato et al. 2020a
: 546.
Type material.
Holotype
(NHMUK).
Diagnosis.
1.75-2.0 mm long (mean = 1.92 mm; n = 5); 3.08-3.33
x
as long as wide. This species is distinguished by the anterior margin of the pronotum subquadrate; short semi-recumbent interstrial setae; and minute size (
Cognato et al. 2020a
).
Similar species.
Cryptoxyleborus confusus
,
C. percuneolus
.
Distribution.
Brunei, Indonesia (Sumatra), East & West Malaysia, Thailand.
Host plants.
Recorded from
Dipterocarpus
,
Dryobalanops
,
Hopea
,
Shorea
(
Dipterocarpaceae
) (
Beaver and Hulcr 2008
).
Remarks.
Browne (1961b)
notes that brood size can exceed 50.