Sueus obesus ( Browne, 1977 )

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 : 488-489

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.

Figures

FIGURE 8. Sueus obesus female (Thailand, Suratthani) 2.5 mm A) dorsal view; B) lateral view; C) frons; D) posterolateral view.