Fortiborus pseudopilifer (Schedl, 1936)

Smith, Sarah M., Beaver, Roger A. & Cognato, Anthony I., 2020, A monograph of the Xyleborini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae) of the Indochinese Peninsula (except Malaysia) and China, ZooKeys 983, pp. 1-442 : 1

Fortiborus pseudopilifer (Schedl, 1936) Fig. 60E, F, I

Xyleborus pseudopilifer Schedl, 1936a: 11.

Fortiborus pseudopilifer (Schedl): Smith et al. 2018c: 841.

Type material.

Paratype (NHMUK).

Diagnosis.

6.6 mm long, (n = 1); 2.64 × as long as wide. This species is distinguished by the large size; unique declivital sculpturing marked by a distinct boundary between disc and declivity; all interstriae bearing a series of 1-3 moderate to large tubercles at declivital summit and all interstriae bearing 3-8 irregularly spaced small to moderately sized tubercles; declivital punctures strongly confused; and discal interstriae impunctate.

Similar species.

Euwallacea wallacei , from which it is distinguished by its very large eyes.

Distribution.

‘Borneo’, Indonesia (Sumatra), East & West Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam.

Host plants.

Unknown, but probably associated with Dipterocarpaceae like other Fortiborus species.

Figures

Figure 60. Dorsal, lateral and declivital view of Fortiborus macropterus lectotype, 4.8 - 5.1 mm (A, B, G), F. major, 5.2 - 6.0 mm (C, D, H), and F. pseudopilifer, 6.6 mm (E, F, I).