Phloeosinopsioides leai (Schedl)

Beaver, Roger A., 2011, A review of the genus Phloeosinopsioides Schedl (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), Zootaxa 3012, pp. 59-63 : 61-62

Phloeosinopsioides leai (Schedl)

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Xylechinus leai Schedl, 1936: 524 .

Phloeosinopsioides leai (Schedl) : Wood & Bright, 1992: 239.

Taxonomy. Through the courtesy of E. C. Zimmerman, I have examined a male syntype (SAM) and compared it with specimens now in CSIRO, QMB and RAB. The specimen had originally been determined by A. M. Lea as Ficicis koebelei Lea ,?var., but as noted by Schedl (1936), is clearly distinct from that species. It is distinguished from both P.formosanus and P.pumilus by its greater size, the wider elytral interstriae, the presence of ground vestiture on the interstriae, and the smaller strial punctures.

Distribution. Australia (Queensland). I have seen only five specimens in addition to the male syntype, collected from various localities in northern Queensland, East of the Great Dividing Range between 16o–21o S. Schedl (1964a as Xylechinus leai ) records further specimens from within this latitudinal range in the Frey collection (now in NMB).

Biology. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 1 – 6. Lateral and dorsal views of Phloeosinopsioides species. 1 – 2: P. formosanus, length 2.3 mm; 3 – 4: P. l e a i, length 2.5 mm; 5 – 6: P. pumilus, length 1.6 mm.