Tricosa metacuneolus (Eggers, 1940)
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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.983.52630 |
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Tricosa metacuneolus (Eggers, 1940) |
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Tricosa metacuneolus (Eggers, 1940) Fig. 77G, H, L View Figure 77
Xyleborus metacuneolus Eggers, 1940: 150.
Tricosa metacuneola [sic] (Eggers): Cognato et al. 2020a: 550.
Xyleborus kaimochii Nobuchi, 1981a: 143. Synonymy: Smith et al. 2018b: 397.
Type material.
Paratype Xyleborus metacuneolus (NMNH).
Diagnosis.
2.4-2.5 mm long (mean = 2.46 mm; n = 5); 2.67-2.78 × as long as wide. This species is distinguished by the elytra gently attenuate on apical 30%; declivital interstriae uniseriate granulate, granules numerous, spaced by a distance of less than three granule widths; and declivital striae and interstriae densely setose, strial setae 1/2 as long as those of interstriae.
Similar species.
Coptodryas mus , Fraudatrix cuneiformis .
Distribution.
Brunei, Indonesia (Java, Sulawesi), Japan, East & West Malaysia, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand.
Host plants.
Probably polyphagous. Recorded from Buchanania , Mangifera ( Anacardiaceae ), Castanopsis ( Fagaceae ), Swietenia ( Meliaceae ), and Gymnacranthera ( Myristicaceae ) ( Nobuchi 1981a; Beaver and Liu 2010; Cognato et al. 2020a).
Beaver, RA, Liu, L-Y, 2010. An annotated synopsis of Taiwanese bark and ambrosia beetles, with new synonymy, new combinations and new records (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Zootaxa 2602: 1 - 47, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2602.1.1
Cognato, AI, Smith, SM, Beaver, RA, 2020a. Two new genera of Oriental xyleborine ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera, Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4722: 540 - 554, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4722.6.2
Nobuchi, A, 1981a. Studies on Scolytidae (Coleoptera) XXII. Six new species and two new females of the genus Xyleborus from Japan. Kontyu 49: 143 - 154
Smith, SM, Beaver, RA, Cognato, AI, 2018b. New synonymy, new combinations and taxonomic changes in Japanese xyleborine ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Zootaxa 4521: 391 - 403, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4521.3.5
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Scolytinae |
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Tricosa metacuneolus (Eggers, 1940)
Smith, Sarah M., Beaver, Roger A. & Cognato, Anthony I. 2020 |
Xyleborus kaimochii
Nobuchi 1981 |
Xyleborus metacuneolus
Eggers 1940 |
Tricosa metacuneola
Eggers 1940 |