Immanus colossus (Blandford)

Beaver, R. A., Sittichaya, W. & Liu, Y., 2019, A review of the genus Immanus Hulcr & Cognato with a key to species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Xyleborini), Zootaxa 4585 (2), pp. 378-386 : 382

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4585.2.11

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5131241

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scientific name

Immanus colossus (Blandford)
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Immanus colossus (Blandford)

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Xyleborus colossus Blandford, 1896: 207 View in CoL .

Ambrosiodmus colossus (Blandford) View in CoL : Wood, 1989: 169.

Xyleborus szentivanyi Schedl, 1968: 267 View in CoL : Wood, 1989: 169 (synonymy).

Immanus colossus (Blandford) : Hulcr & Cognato, 2013: 102.

Diagnosis: Elytral declivity with entire raised margin, without a series of distinct spines or teeth, prolonged forwards so that its face is longer than wide; interstriae 2 raised in middle of declivity with 3‒4 tubercles on raised section. Declivital vestiture of fine, semi-appressed hairs, longer on interstriae 2. Eyes with upper and lower parts equal in size. Anterior margin of pronotum with median teeth fused forming a carina. Very large species, 8.5‒9.0 mm long.

Distribution: Indonesia (West Papua), Papua New Guinea.

New record: Indonesia, W. Papua, 130 km SE Kaimana, Omba (=Yamor) river, 10‒20 km from coast, S04 o 05’49’’, E134 o 54’09’’, 10‒20 m, 09‒11.ii.2011, leg. A. Weigel (RAB, 1).

Biology: Recorded only from Celtis sp. ( Cannabaceae ) ( Hulcr & Cognato 2013).

Blandford, W. F. H. (1896) Descriptions of new Scolytidae from the Indo-Malayan and Austro-Malayan regions. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1896, 191 - 228.

Hulcr, J. & Cognato, A. I. (2013) Xyleborini of New Guinea: A Taxonomic Monograph. Thomas Say Publications in Entomology. Entomological Society of America, Lanham, Maryland, 176 pp.

Schedl, K. E. (1968) On some Scolytidae and Platypodidae of economic importance from the territory of Papua and New Guinea. Pacific Insects, 10, 261 - 270.

Wood, S. L. (1989) Nomenclatural changes and new species of Scolytidae (Coleoptera), part IV. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 49, 167 - 185.

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FIGURE 2. Dorsal, lateral and postero-lateral views of Immanus species: A–C, Immanus acanthurus (Lea); D-F, Immanus colossus (Blandford); G–I, Immanus desectus (Eggers); J–L Immanus pseudocolossus (Schedl); M-O, Immanus sarawakensis (Eggers)

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

SubFamily

Scolytinae

Genus

Immanus