A taxonomic monograph of subfamily Scolytinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in the Western Himalaya Author Buhroo, Abdul Ahad 0000-0002-9576-1165 Section of Entomology, Department of Zoology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Kashmir, Srinagar- 190006 India abuhroo @ yahoo. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9576 - 1165 abuhroo@yahoo.com text Zootaxa 2024 2024-10-31 5533 1 1 82 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5533.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5533.1.1 1175-5334 14023339 F48DF7EE-7DED-49D3-96A5-620881E3AB36 43. Scolytus nitidus Schedl, 1936a ( Figure 55 ) This species is diagnosed by the following morphological characters: ♂ frons flat, longitudinally aciculated, with a dense brush of yellowish hair-like setae on either sides sloping from vertex to epistoma; antennal club elliptical with acutely procurved suture, surface with minute, dense pubescence; pronotum slightly wider than long (1.05×), lateral sides somewhat parallel upto middle, moderately narrowing towards substraight anterior margin; anterior pronotum with a subapical coller-like constriction; surface shiny black,with minute and widely separated punctures; scutellum large, scutellar impression covered by white long hair-like setae; elytra dark red brown, 1.09× as long as its width, 1.16× as long as pronotum; elytral strial punctures moderately large, round and shallow, interstrial punctures slightly widely placed than strial punctures; a small subapical elytral constriction visible; 2 nd abdominal ventrite ascending abruptly and perpendicularly with a minute pointed tubercle in the middle near its posterior border; body length: 3.08–3.34 mm , 2.40× as long as wide. FIGURE 55. Scolytus nitidus . Male: dorsal view A , lateral view B ; female: dorsal view C , fronto-lateral view D . The female similar to male but can be distinguished by somewhat convex frons with sparse long hair-like setae on its surface; the abdominal tubercle is slightly larger in ♂ than in ♀ ; body length: 3.58–3.64 mm . Material examined: New records: India : 7 ♂ ′s, 3 ♀ ′s. Kashmir , Srinagar , Zakura ( 34° 09′31.49′′ N , 074° 50′01.04′′ E , 5272 ft. ), A.A. Buhroo , 24.09.2012 ( KUIC ) . Kashmir , Baramulla , Darkash Tangmarg ( 34° 02.676′ N , 074° 28.360′ E , 6888 ft. ), A.A. Buhroo , 25.5.2017 ( KUIC ) . Kashmir , Kupwara , Tangdhar ( 34° 23.527′ N , 073° 51.894′ E , 6365 ft. ), A.A. Buhroo , 10.07.2017 ( KUIC ) . Kashmir , Kupwara , Semari Teetwal ( 34° 25.032′ N , 073° 48.148′ E , 3670 ft. ), A.A. Buhroo , 11.07.2017 ( KUIC ) . Kashmir , Ganderbal , Nuner ( 34° 12′56.26′′ N , 074° 47′00.90′′E , 5259 ft. ), A.A. Buhroo , 18.09.2020 ( KUIC ) . Kashmir , Baramulla , Salamabad Uri ( 34° 05.186′ N , 074° 01.765′ E , 4415 ft. ), A.A. Buhroo , 30.09.2017 ( KUIC ) . Kargil , Poyen ( 34° 33.692′ N , 076° 08.122′ E , 8710 ft. ), A.A. Buhroo , 31.08.2018 ( KUIC ) . Kargil , Hardass ( 34° 36.371′ N , 076° 05.507′ E , 8770 ft. ), A.A. Buhroo , 31.08.2018 ( KUIC ) . Distribution: India : Himachal Pradesh , Kashmir, Ladakh, Uttarakhand . Nepal , Pakistan , China ( Xizang ) Hosts: Crataegus songarica and Cydonia oblonga ( Rosaceae ) (new host records). Betula utilis ( Betulaceae ), Cotoneaster microphyllus ( Rosaceae ), Juglans regia ( Juglandaceae ), Malus domestica , Prunus armeniaca , P. avium , Sorbus lanata ( Rosaceae )