Fraudatrix melas (Eggers, 1927) Cognato & Smith & Beaver, 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

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4722.6.2

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:4ADBCE90-97D2-4A34-BCDC-5E207D8EDF0D

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5683049

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A2BF01-FFB3-FF8E-AA8E-FEAAAFB0FCAB

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Fraudatrix melas
status

comb. nov.

Fraudatrix melas comb. n.

( Figs 7–10 View FIGURES 3–18 )

Xyleborus melas Eggers, 1927: 93 View in CoL

Coptoborus melas (Eggers) View in CoL : Wood & Bright 1992: 663.

Diagnosis: 2.30 mm long (n = 2); 3.29 times as long as wide. This species is distinguished by the anterior margin of the pronotum rounded, declivital strial punctures distinct, nearly as large as interstrial granules, bearing a short recumbent seta, and more slender form.

Material examined: Lectotype, PHILIPPINES: [Luzon, Provinz Mountain], Balbalan (NMNH). CHINA: Hong Kong, Shing Mun Country Park, 5.vi.2017, Rui’e Nie, ex FIT ( IZAS, 1; MSUC, 1).

Distribution: China ( Hong Kong), Philippines ( Wood & Bright 1992). The record from American Samoa ( Schedl 1972) needs confirmation. The species has not been found in extensive recent collecting in the country.

Host plants: Unknown.

IZAS

Institut Zoologii Akademii Nauk Ukraini - Institute of Zoology of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

Genus

Fraudatrix

Loc

Fraudatrix melas

Cognato, Anthony I., Smith, Sarah M. & Beaver, Roger A. 2020
2020
Loc

Coptoborus melas

Wood, S. L. & Bright, D. E. 1992: 663
1992
Loc

Xyleborus melas

Eggers, H. 1927: 93
1927
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