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Fraudatrix cuneiformis Cognato & Smith & Beaver 2020, comb. n.

Description

Fraudatrix cuneiformis (Schedl) comb. n.

(Figs 3–6)

Xyleborus cuneiformis Schedl, 1958: 104.

Diagnosis: 1.90–2.15 mm long (mean = 2.02 mm; n = 5); 2.86–3.07 times as long as wide. This species is distinguished by the anterior margin of the pronotum rounded, declivital strial punctures indistinct, interstrial granules large, distinct, elytral apex narrowly attenuate and stouter form.

Material examined: Lectotype, female, MALAYSIA: Selangor, Kepong, 6.x.1949, F.G. Browne, ex Shorea macroptera (NHMW); Sabah, Sipitang, Mendolong, 11.v.1988, leg. S. Adebratt (RABC, 1). TAIWAN: Nantou Co., Sun Moon Lake, EtOH trap, 3.x.2013, C-S. Lin (RABC, 1); as previous except: Hui Son, EtOH [trap], 10.viii.2006, Liu, L-Y. (RABC, 1).

Distribution: Brunei, East & West Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan.

Host plants: Recorded only from two species of Shorea (Dipterocarpaceae) (Schedl 1958).

Remarks: The gallery system has branched tunnels with small brood chambers in the longitudinal plane (Browne 1961).

Notes

Published as part of Cognato, Anthony I., Smith, Sarah M. & Beaver, Roger A., 2020, Two new genera of Oriental xyleborine ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera, Curculionidae: Scolytinae), pp. 540-554 in Zootaxa 4722 (6) on pages 545-546, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4722.6.2, http://zenodo.org/record/3610918

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
RABC
Event date
1949-10-06
Verbatim event date
1949-10-06/2013-10-03
Scientific name authorship
Cognato & Smith & Beaver
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Curculionidae
Genus
Fraudatrix
Species
cuneiformis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.
Type status
lectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Fraudatrix cuneiformis (Schedl, 1958) sec. Cognato, Smith & Beaver, 2020

References

  • Schedl, K. E. (1958) Bark and timber beetles from Malaya. Malayan Forester, 21, 99 - 105.
  • Browne, F. G. (1961) The biology of Malayan Scolytidae and Platypodidae. Malayan Forest Records, 22, 1 - 255.