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Cnestus testudo

Description

56. Cnestus testudo (Eggers)

Xyleborus testudo Eggers, 1939b: 116.

Cnestus testudo (Eggers): Dole & Cognato, 2010: 532.

Thai distribution: N: Chiang Mai (Dole & Cognato 2010); N-E: Chaiyaphum; S: Surat Thani.

New records: Chaiyaphum, Pa Hin Ngam NP, Thepana waterfall, 15° 38.884' N, 101° 25.84' E, 605 m, dry evergreen forest, MT, 1–7.x.2006, (K. Sa-nog & B. Adnafai) (1); Chiang Mai, Doi Chiang Dao WS, Headquarters, 19° 24.278' N, 98° 55.311' E, 549 m, MT, 3–24.iii.2008 (Songkran & Apichart) (5); Doi Phahompok NP, Headquarters, 19° 57.961' N, 99° 9.355' E, 569 m, MT, 7–28.ii.2008 (Seesom, K.) (4); Surat Thani, Khao Sok NP, Bang Huaraed, 8° 54.555' N, 98° 30.522' E, 122 m, MT, 4–11.xi.2008 (Pongphan) (1).

Other distribution: Taiwan, Vietnam. The species also occurs in China (Yunnan) and Laos (R. A. Beaver, unpublished records). (2)

Biology: Unknown.

Illustrations: D (Nunberg 1959).

Notes

Published as part of Beaver, R. A., Sittichaya, W. & Liu, L-Y., 2014, A Synopsis of the Scolytine Ambrosia Beetles of Thailand (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), pp. 1-82 in Zootaxa 3875 (1) on page 35, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3875.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5130589

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
NP, MT
Event date
2006-10-01
Verbatim event date
2006-10-01/2008-11-11
Scientific name authorship
Eggers
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Curculionidae
Genus
Cnestus
Species
testudo
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Eggers, H. (1939 b) Japanische Borkenkafer II. Arbeiten uber Morphologische und Taxonomische Entomologie, Berlin-Dahlem, 6, 114 - 123.
  • Dole, S. A. & Cognato, A. I. (2010) Revision of Xylosandrus Reitter (Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Science, 61, 451 - 545. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1016 / j. ympev. 2009.11.011
  • Nunberg, M. (1959) Die Gattung Xyleborus Eichhoff (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). Erganzungen, Berichtugungen und Erweiterung der Diagnosen. Beitrage zur Entomologie, 9, 413 - 466.