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Sueus obesus

  • 1. Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, 288 Farm Lane, 243 Natural Science Bldg, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
  • 2. College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China.

Description

Sueus obesus (Browne, 1977)

Fig. 8

Hyorrhynchus obesus Browne, 1977: 369.

Sueus obesus (Browne): Beaver & Gebhardt 2005: 96.

Type material. Holotype, female, Malaysia, Penang, Telok Bahang, 22.iv.1975, NHMUK014591790 (NHMUK), examined.

Other specimens examined. Thailand: (S): [Nakon Si Thammarat Prov.]: Chawang [District] nr. Nabon, Banna, 70m, Sept. 6, 1958, J.L Gressitt collector (1, BPBM); Suratthani, Khao Sok N.P. 23.ii.2012, R.A. Beaver, ex cut liane c. 3 cm diam., 30288 (1, RABC). Additional records in Table 1.

Diagnosis. Length 2.3–2.7 mm, 2.0–2.3 × longer than wide; declivital interstriae bearing minute granules; first fifth of elytral base rugose; striae strongly impressed on the elytral disc.

Distribution. Thailand (Nakon Si Thammarat*, Phetchaburi *, Surat Thani, Trang), West Malaysia (Penang), East Malaysia (Sabah) (Beaver et al. 2014; Bright 2021).

Hosts. Reported only from Lithocarpus (Fagaceae). Presumably polyphagous and mycetophagous.

Notes

Published as part of Cognato, Anthony I., Smith, Sarah M., Schiffer, Matthew & Li, You, 2024, A taxonomic review of Sueus Murayama, 1951 ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Hyorrhynchini) aided by molecular phylogenetic analyses, pp. 475-493 in Zootaxa 5477 (4) on pages 488-489, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5477.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/12733244

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
BPBM, RABC , NHMUK
Event date
1958-09-06 , 1975-04-22
Family
Curculionidae
Genus
Sueus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Browne
Species
obesus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Verbatim event date
1958-09-06/2012-02-23 , 1975-04-22
Taxonomic concept label
Sueus obesus (Browne, 1977) sec. Cognato, Smith, Schiffer & Li, 2024

References

  • Browne, F. G. (1977) Three new species of Scolytidae and Platypodidae (Coleoptera) from Malaysia. Oriental Insects, 11, 369 - 371. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00305316.1977.10433817
  • Beaver, R. A. & Gebhardt, H. (2005) Notes on the tribe Hyorrhynchini (Col., Curculionidae, Scolytinae). Serangga, 9 (1 - 2), 91 - 102.
  • Beaver, R. A., Sittichaya, W. & Liu, L. - Y. (2014) A synopsis of the scolytine ambrosia beetles of Thailand (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Zootaxa, 3875 (1), 1 - 82. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3875.1.1
  • Bright, D. E. (2021) A cataloog of Scolytidae (Coleoptera), Supplement 4 (2011 - 2019) with an Annotated Checklist of the World Fauna (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Scolytidae). Miscellaneous Publications, Contributions of the C. P. Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity, Department of Agricultural Biology, Colorado State University, 655 pp.