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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Amasa aspersa (Sampson, 1921)
Fig. 7A, B, I
Xyleborus aspersus
Sampson, 1921: 31.
Amasa aspersus
[
sic
] (Sampson):
Wood and Bright 1992
: 682.
Type material.
Holotype
(NHMUK).
Diagnosis.
3.7-3.9 mm long (mean = 3.82 mm; n = 2); 2.11-2.17
x
as long as wide. This species is distinguished by the dense and strongly confused declivital strial and interstrial punctures with striae and interstriae indistinguishable.
Similar species.
None.
Distribution.
Brunei, East & West Malaysia, Thailand.
Host plants.
All host records are from the genus
Eugenia
(
Myrtaceae
), and the species appears to have a fixed host association with this family (
Browne 1961b
).
Figure 7.
Dorsal, lateral and declivital view of
Amasa aspersa
, 3.7-3.9 mm (
A, B, I
),
A. beesoni
paratype, 5.0 mm (
C, D, J
),
A. concitata
, 4.3-4.5 mm (
E, F, K
), and
A. cycloxyster
holotype, 3.4 mm (
G, H, L
).