Fraudatrix pileatula Schedl, 2020

Cognato, Anthony I., Smith, Sarah M. & Beaver, Roger A., 2020, Two new genera of Oriental xyleborine ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera, Curculionidae: Scolytinae), Zootaxa 4722 (6), pp. 540-554 : 546

Fraudatrix pileatula Schedl comb. n.

( Figs 11–14 )

Xyleborus pileatulus Schedl, 1975: 369 .

Diagnosis: 2.10–2.50 mm long (mean = 2.30 mm; n = 2); 3.13 times as long as wide. This species is distinguished by the anterior margin of the pronotum rounded, declivital strial punctures indistinct, declivital interstrial granules small, elytral apex broadly attenuate and slender form.

Material examined: AUSTRALIA: N. Qld, Cow Bay , N. of Daintree R, 17-29.vi.1990, Cunningham & De Faveri ( RABC, 1). [PAPUA] NEW GUINEA: Morobe Dist. , Wau Field Stn., 1200 m, 12.ix. [19]72, R. Beaver, at light ( RABC, 1) .

Distribution: Australia, Papua New Guinea.

Host plants: Unknown.

Remarks: Hulcr & Cognato (2013) state that the species has a type 1 ( Hulcr et al. 2007) antennal club with segment 1 covering the entire posterior face. This species has a type 2 antennal club with segment 1 nearly covering all of the posterior face.

Figures

FIGURES 3–18. Lateral, dorsal, posterior oblique and anterior view of Fraudatrix cuneiformis (3–6), F. melas (7–10), F. pileatula (11–14), F. simplex (15–18).