New species and new records of Amasa Lea, 1894 ambrosia beetles from Thailand (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Xyleborini)
Author
Sittichaya, Wisut
Agricultural Innovation and Management Division, Faculty of Natural Resources, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla, 90110, Thailand
Author
Smith, Sarah M.
0000-0002-5173-3736
Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, 288 Farm Lane, 243 Natural Science Bldg., East Lansing, MI 48824, USA smith 462 @ msu. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5173 - 3736
smith462@msu.edu
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-10-19
5196
2
197
210
journal article
169975
10.11646/zootaxa.5196.2.2
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1175-5326
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Amasa dasyura
(
Browne, 1950
)
(
Fig. 6
)
Xyleborus dasyurus
Browne, 1950: 645
.
Amasa dasyurus
(Browne)
[
sic
].
Wood & Bright 1992: 683
.
Diagnosis:
3.12–3.25 mm
long (mean
3.19 mm
, n = 2); 2.14–2.24× as long as wide (mean 2.19, n = 2). This species is distinguished by the pronotum appearing basic (
type
2) when viewed dorsally, anterior margin with a row of short median serrations which give the anterior margin a slightly acute appearance, pronotal disc covered with very fine very dense punctures, declivital striae narrow, punctate, interstriae 4–5 times broader than striae, with dense short bristle-like setae.
Similar species:
Amasa anomala
(Schedl)
.
New records:
Thailand
:
Nakhon Sri Thammarat Province
,
Khao Luang National Park
,
8°43′08.7″N
99°40′39.2″E
, tropical rainforest,
ethanol baited trap
,
01.iii.2010
(2), (all
W. Sittichaya
), (2
WSTC
)
.
Distribution:
Malaysia
(
Kelantan
). New to
Thailand
.
Host plants:
Unknown.