Anisandrus geminatus (Hagedorn, 1904)

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

Anisandrus geminatus (Hagedorn, 1904) Fig. 20G, H, L

Xyleborus geminatus Hagedorn, 1904: 126.

Amasa geminata (Hagedorn): Wood and Bright 1992: 683.

Anisandrus geminatus (Hagedorn): Beaver and Liu 2018: 537.

Type material.

The holotype was destroyed in the bombing of UHZM in World War II ( Wood and Bright 1992).

New records.

India: Darjeeling, Rangirum, 6000 ft, J.C.M. Gardner, 3.ix.1929, ex misc. timber (NMNH, 1).

Diagnosis.

2.9-3.2 mm long (mean = 3.03 mm; n = 3); 2.31-2.37 × as long as wide. This species is distinguished by the mesonotal mycangial tuft the length of the scutellum; elytral disc flat; declivital interstriae punctate; and posterolateral margin costate to interstriae 7; declivital face concave; declivital interstriae 2 and 3 each armed with a small sharp incurved spine at the summit; and declivital interstriae bearing erect pointed bristle-like setae.

Similar species.

Anisandrus apicalis , A. congruens , A. cristatus , A. niger , A. sinivali .

Distribution.

India (West Bengal), Nepal.

Host plants.

Unknown.

Figures

Figure 20. Dorsal, lateral and declivital view of Anisandrus dispar, 3.1 - 3.5 mm (A, B, I), A. eggersi, 3.1 - 3.2 mm (C, D, J), A. feronia holotype, 2.9 mm (E, F, K), and A. geminatus, 2.9 - 3.2 mm (G, H, L).