Euwallacea aplanatus (Wichmann, 1914)

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

Euwallacea aplanatus (Wichmann, 1914)

Xyleborus aplanatus Wichmann, 1914: 412.

Euwallacea aplanatus (Wichmann): Wood and Bright 1992: 686.

Type material.

Syntypes, possibly in Indian Museum, Kolkata, India (M. Alonso-Zarazaga pers. comm. June 2020). Not examined.

Diagnosis.

4.0 mm. The morphology of the species was insufficiently described in the species description. However, the species is unique in having stout elytra that are as long as wide. No other Euwallacea spp. have such stout elytra.

Similar species.

None.

Distribution.

India (Assam).

Host plants.

Unknown.

Remarks.

The location of the type specimens was listed as unknown ( Wood and Bright 1992). Based on the description the species probably belongs in Euwallacea . Specimens matching the species description have not been located.