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 versicolor (Sampson, 1921)
Fig. 10C, D, H
Xyleborus versicolor
Sampson, 1921: 29.
Amasa versicolor
(Sampson):
Wood and Bright 1992
: 685.
Type material.
Holotype
(NHMUK),
allotype
(NHMUK).
New records.
Ceylon [Sri Lanka]: Kalutara Dist., Kanneliya, 250 m, 23.v.1973, S.L. Wood, ex limbs (NMNH, 1); Morapitiya, 250 m, 27.v.1973, S.L. Wood (NMNH, 2).
Diagnosis.
2.5-2.6 mm long (mean = 2.57 mm; n = 5); 2.27-2.43
x
as long as wide. The species is distinguished by the pronotum appearing basic (type 2) when viewed dorsally, anterior margin serrate; declivital surface shagreened, dull, opaque; declivital interstriae granulate, granules multiseriate, confused; declivity setose, interstriae moderately covered with semi-recumbent hair-like setae, approximately as long as the width of an interstria; and circumdeclivital carina margin setose, setae long, erect, bristle-like.
Similar species.
Amasa cycloxyster
,
A. galeoderma
,
A. resecta
,
A. schlichii
,
A. youlii
.
Distribution.
Federated States of Micronesia, India (
'Bengal'
), Indonesia (Java), East & West Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka*, Thailand.
Host plants.
Polyphagous (
Browne 1961b
;
Beaver and Browne 1979
).