Two new genera of Oriental xyleborine ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera, Curculionidae: Scolytinae)
Author
Cognato, Anthony I.
Author
Smith, Sarah M.
Author
Beaver, Roger A.
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-01-17
4722
6
540
554
journal article
24312
10.11646/zootaxa.4722.6.2
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Fraudatrix melas
comb. n.
(
Figs 7–10
)
Xyleborus melas
Eggers, 1927: 93
Coptoborus melas
(Eggers)
:
Wood & Bright 1992: 663
.
Diagnosis
:
2.30 mm
long (n = 2); 3.29 times as long as wide. This species is distinguished by the anterior margin of the pronotum rounded, declivital strial punctures distinct, nearly as large as interstrial granules, bearing a short recumbent seta, and more slender form.
Material examined
:
Lectotype
,
PHILIPPINES
: [Luzon, Provinz Mountain],
Balbalan
(NMNH).
CHINA
: Hong Kong,
Shing Mun Country Park
,
5.vi.2017
,
Rui’e Nie
, ex FIT (
IZAS
, 1;
MSUC
, 1).
Distribution
:
China
(
Hong Kong
),
Philippines
(
Wood & Bright 1992
). The record from
American Samoa
(
Schedl 1972
) needs confirmation. The species has not been found in extensive recent collecting in the country.
Host plants
: Unknown.