Tricosa indochinensis, 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 : 549

publication ID

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

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5683055

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A2BF01-FFBC-FF81-AA8E-FD1BAD25F9CF

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scientific name

Tricosa indochinensis
status

sp. nov.

Tricosa indochinensis sp. n.

( Figs 23–26 View FIGURES 19–38 )

Diagnosis: 3.20–3.40 mm long (mean = 3.32 mm; n = 5); 2.83–2.91 times as long as wide. This species is distinguished by the discal interstrial punctures confused, protibia distinctly triangular, anterior margin of the pronotum with a clear row of eight moderate serrations. This species is very similar to C. cattienensis and can be distinguished by the larger size and narrower form.

Type material: Holotype, female: CHINA: Yunnan, Mengyang , 950 m, 2.v1962, Shimei Song (NMNH) . Paratypes, female: CHINA: Yunnan, Mengyang , 950 m, 2.v1962, Shimei Song (NMNH, 1; IZAS, 1) . INDIA: Bengal, Kalimpong, Samsingh , 1800’, I.1934, Mohan Lall, ex unknown wood ( NMNH, 3) . THAILAND: Chiang Mai, Doi Pui , 28°50’23”N, 98°53’53”E, 1200-1300 m, ex Pterocarpus sp. coll. ix.2014, S. Sanguansub et al. ( RABC, 1) GoogleMaps .

Description (Female): 3.20–3.40 mm long (mean = 3.32 mm; n = 5); 2.83–2.91 times as long as wide. Body densely setose; color ferruginous. Appearing moderately slender, elytra attenuate. Mycangial tufts absent.

Head. As described for genus.

Pronotum. As described for genus except: 1.25 times as long as wide. Pronotum from lateral view with disc as long as anterior slope (type 7; Hulcr et al. 2007). In dorsal view, elongate, parallel-sided, anterior margin rounded (type 7; Hulcr et al. 2007), with a row of eight serrations.

Elytra. As described for genus except: 1.6 times as long as wide. Discal interstriae punctures confused.

Legs. As described for genus except: protibiae distinctly triangular with 6 large denticles present on outer margin of apical third.

Male: Unknown.

Etymology: In reference to the species occurrence in Southeast Asia.

Distribution: China (Yunnan), India (Bengal), Thailand.

Host plants: Known only from Pterocarpus (Fabaceae) .

IZAS

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

NMNH

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

Genus

Tricosa

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