Coptodryas nudipennis (Schedl, 1951)

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

Coptodryas nudipennis (Schedl, 1951) Fig. 37A, B, E

Xyleborus nudipennis Schedl, 1951a: 63.

Coptodryas nudipennis (Schedl): Hulcr et al. 2007: 579.

Type material.

Holotype (NHMW).

Diagnosis.

2.0-2.2 mm long (mean = 2.1 mm; n = 5); 2.2-2.22 × as long as wide. This species is distinguished by the dense tuft of setae along the elytral base extending to interstriae 6; body glabrous except for pronotal and elytral bases; striae and interstriae uniseriate; elytral disc strongly shiny; declivity shagreened; declivital face subconvex, interstriae 2 and 3 depressed, remaining interstriae slightly tumescent; pronotum rounded and robust, type 5, when viewed laterally, rounded, type 1, when viewed dorsally; and anterior margin of the pronotum without a distinct row of serrations.

Similar species.

Coptodryas amydra , C. carinata , C. concinna , C. elegans .

Distribution.

Indonesia (Java), East & West Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailand.

Host plants.

Recorded from Camellia ( Theaceae ), Cinnamomum ( Lauraceae ), and Lansium ( Meliaceae ) in Java by Kalshoven (1959b) and probably polyphagous.

Figures

Figure 37. Dorsal, lateral and declivital view of Coptodryas nudipennis, 2.0 - 2.2 mm (A, B, E), and C. quadricostata, 3.0 mm (C, D, F).