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 resecta (Eggers, 1923)
Fig. 9E, F, K
Xyleborus abruptus
Eggers, 1923: 169.
Xyleborus resectus
Eggers, 1927a: 391 (new name for
X. abruptus
Eggers, 1923 nec
Sampson 1914
).
Amasa resectus
[
sic
] (Eggers):
Wood and Bright 1992
: 684.
Xyleborus opacicauda
Eggers, 1940: 136. Synonymy:
Kalshoven 1959b
: 159.
Type material.
Syntype
Xyleborus resectus
(MIZ, 1).
New records.
China: Hainan, Wu-zhi-shan Town,
18.902N
,
109.663E
, 703 m, 2.xii.2016, Tian-Shang, Lv-Jia (RABC, 2).
Diagnosis.
2.85-3.2 mm long (mean = 2.94 mm; n = 4); 2.29-2.38
x
as long as wide. This species is distinguished by the pronotum appearing basic (type 2) when viewed dorsally, anterior margin serrate; declivital surface shagreened, dull, opaque; declivity glabrous; declivital interstriae 1-3 multiseriate granulate, granules strongly confused; and declivital interstriae 2-4 flat.
Similar species.
Amasa cycloxyster
,
A. galeoderma
,
A. schlichii
,
A. versicolor
,
A. youlii
.
Distribution.
China (Hainan), Indonesia (Java, Sumatra), East Malaysia, New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Thailand.
Host plants.
Recorded by
Kalshoven (1959b)
from five genera in five different families. Evidently polyphagous.
Remarks.
Hulcr and Cognato (2013)
synonymized
Xyleborus fulgens
Schedl, 1975c with this species, but we believe it to be distinct. Hence it is not included in the list of synonyms.