Amasa eugeniae (Eggers, 1930)

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

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.983.52630

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7DED4CE2-934C-4539-945F-758930C927F9

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D2B3F658-C7A7-B57E-3E78-DE7817A41BD2

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scientific name

Amasa eugeniae (Eggers, 1930)
status

 

Amasa eugeniae (Eggers, 1930) Fig. 8C, D, J View Figure 8

Xyleborus eugeniae Eggers, 1930: 183.

Amasa eugeniae (Eggers): Wood and Bright 1992: 683.

Type material.

Holotype (FRI), paratypes (FRI, 1; NHMW, 1; NMNH, 1).

Diagnosis.

2.8-3.2 mm long (mean = 2.65 mm; n = 5); 2.8-3.2 × as long as wide. This species is distinguished by its very elongate body and pronotum (type 7) when viewed dorsally; antennal club type 5; and declivital surface shagreened, dull.

Similar species.

Cyclorhipidion amasoides .

Distribution.

India (Uttarakhand, West Bengal), Sri Lanka.

Host plants.

Recorded from two species of Eugenia ( Myrtaceae ), and Elaeocarpus ( Elaeocarpaceae ) ( Maiti and Saha 2004).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

Genus

Amasa

Loc

Amasa eugeniae (Eggers, 1930)

Smith, Sarah M., Beaver, Roger A. & Cognato, Anthony I. 2020
2020
Loc

Xyleborus eugeniae

Eggers 1930
1930