Planiculus shiva ( Maiti & Saha, 1986 )

Sittichaya, Wisut & Cognato, Anthony I., 2024, Planiculus angulatus, a new species of xyleborine ambrosia beetle from Thailand (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae, Xyleborini), Zootaxa 5471 (4), pp. 482-488 : 485-486

Planiculus shiva ( Maiti & Saha, 1986) (new to Thailand)

Xyleborus shiva Maiti & Saha, 1986: 140 .

Diagnosis. 1.90–2.10 mm long (mean 1.97, n = 5); 2.86–2.98× as long as wide. Pronotum 1.10–1.11× as long as wide, from dorsal view long and round frontally, type 9, from lateral view elongated with low summit and elongate disc (type 8). Elytra 1.60–1.88× as long as wide, 1.44–1.69× as long as pronotum. Declivity below the middle: interstria 1–3 laterally curved, interstria 1 inflated armed with moderate sized, acute tubercle, interstria 2 flat, unarmed or with 1–3 granules, separated by at least 2× diameter of a granule; apex shallowly emarginate.

Thai Distribution. New to Thailand; S: Krabi (Krabi Province, Khlong Thom District , Khao Pra—Bang Kram Wildlife Sanctuary , 7°55’26.5”N 99°16’23.4”E, lowland tropical rainforest, 100msl, ex trunk of unknown tree, 22–23.ii.2012, (2) (W. Sittichaya )) ( WSTC) , Nakhon Sri Thammarat ( Lan Saka district , Khao Luang NP, headquarters, 08° 22’ 21.6’’ N, 99° 44’ 14.7’’ E, 196 m, tropical rainforest, eBT, 15.vii.2010, (1) (W. Sittichaya )) ( WSTC) , Surat Thani (Phanom district, Khlong Phanom National Park , 8°52’40.3”N 98°40’37.4”E, 140m, tropical rainforest, ex. branches of unknown tree, 22–23.ii.12, (2) (W. Sittichaya )) (1, WSTC) (1, MSUC) .

Habitat types. Tropical lowland forest, tropical rain forest.