Three new genera of oriental Xyleborina (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)
Author
Hulcr, Jiri
Author
Cognato, Anthony I.
text
Zootaxa
2009
2204
19
36
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.189700
f48b8ba7-9ec3-455c-8087-9082458a6f72
1175-5326
189700
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Diuncus gorggae
Schedl (1973)
comb. n.
Previous genus:
Xyleborus
Diagnosis:
Very similar to
Diuncus duodecimspinatus
, except for a few differences in the elytral armature. In
D. gorggae
, the interstriae 4–6 do not bear teeth, only interstriae 2 and 3, of which the tooth in interstria 2 is minute, the tooth in interstria 3 is large. The declivity is conspicuously broadened laterally, nearly concave. Its surface is unusual in that it is dull, softly shagreen.
Length:
2.4–2.6 mm
.
Discussion.
Schedl (1973)
compared the species to
Diuncus
(as
Xyleborus
)
duodecimspinatus
, and notes the missing teeth on the interstriae 4, 5, and 6. The islands of New
Ireland
and New
Britain
are the only localities of occurrence known to us.
Examined material:
New
Guinea
, New
Ireland
, (
holotype
,
ANIC
); New
Guinea
, New
Britain
, Gazelle Peninsula, (BBM); New
Guinea
, West New
Britain
, Wilelo, (
paratype
,
NHMW
).