Sueus borneensis Bright, 1994

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, Zootaxa 5477 (4), pp. 475-493 : 482

Sueus borneensis Bright, 1994

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Sueus borneensis Bright, 1994: 271 .

Type material. Holotype, female, Borneo: Sabah, Mt. Kinabalu N.P., Poring Hot Spgs., 850m, V-11-1987, small cut sampling, D.E. Bright Collector, CNC1589602 ( CNCI) (photographs examined).

Diagnosis. Length 2.5–2.8 mm, about 2.0 × longer than wide ( Bright 1994); declivital interstriae bearing minute granules; first fifth of elytral base rugose; striae weakly impressed on the elytral disc.

Distribution. Indonesia (Sulawesi), East Malaysia (Sabah) ( Beaver & Gebhardt 2005).

Hosts. The type series was collected from a small cut sapling and a large fallen branch ( Bright 1994). Presumably mycetophagous.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Sueus borneensis, female (Indonesia, Sulawesi Utara, RABC) 2.25 mm A) dorsal view; B) lateral view; C) frons; D) posterolateral view.