Planiculus shiva (Maiti & Saha, 1986) Smith & Beaver & Cognato, 2020

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

Planiculus shiva (Maiti & Saha, 1986) comb. nov.

Xyleborus shiva Maiti & Saha, 1986: 140.

Type material.

Holotype (ZSI). Not examined.

Distribution.

India (Andaman Is).

Diagnosis.

1.85 mm long. Length/width ratio unknown. This species is distinguished by the emarginate elytral apex and "declivital interstriae 1 somewhat raised below the middle accommodating one distinct setiferous tubercle" ( Maiti and Saha 1986).

Similar species.

Planiculus bicolor , P. limatus .

Host plants.

Recorded only from Pterocymbium ( Malvaceae ) ( Maiti and Saha 1986).

Remarks.

Specimens of this species were unavailable for study. The diagnosis and measurements were taken from Maiti and Saha’s (1986) description and illustration. The authors determined P. shiva to be very closely related to P. bicolor . The species is transferred to Planiculus because of the following characters: declivity flat, slightly broadened laterally, with very few tubercles and smaller more elongate body, rounded frontal margin of pronotum (type 7) and bicolored body.