Coccotrypes cinnamomi ( Eggers, 1936 )

Buhroo, Abdul Ahad, 2024, A taxonomic monograph of subfamily Scolytinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in the Western Himalaya, Zootaxa 5533 (1), pp. 1-82 : 21

13. Coccotrypes cinnamomi ( Eggers, 1936)

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= Thamnurgides cinnamomi Eggers, 1936

This species is diagnosed by the following morphological characters: frons somewhat convex, sub-shining, surface with longitudinal aciculations denser towards eyes and a fine median longitudinal raised line extending from epistoma upto the upper level of eyes; surface with sparse, yellowish long setae and fringe of dense setae on epistomal margin; antennal funicle with five segments; club obliquely truncate with two recurved sutures marked by short, golden setae on posterior face; eyes shallowly anteriorly emarginate; pronotum as long as wide, sides weakly outcurved almost upto middle and then narrowing anteriorly towards broadly rounded apex, surface sub-convex with fine granulate asperities and small punctures on posterior third; vestiture of rather long erect hair-like setae, longer and semi-recumbent anterolaterally; scutellum shining, tongue shaped, longer than wide; elytra 1.52× longer than pronotum, basal margin sub-striaght, lateral sides sub-parallel upto basal two-thirds, converging posteriorly with rather narrowly rounded apex; surface shining, smooth, striate punctate, striae not impressed with small, shallow punctures separated by about half of their diameter from one another; interstriae 2.5× wider than striae, flat with much smaller punctures, each with an erect bristle with knobbed apex; declivity commencing on posterior third, somewhat convex rather steep, punctures and vestiture as on disc; procoxae narrowly separated; pro, meso and meta-tibiae broader towards apex; pro with four, meso and meta with five-socketed teeth; body pitchy brown; body length: 1.78–1.81 mm, 2.42× as long as wide.

Sexes indistinct in the material studied.

Material examined: New records: India: 2 specimens. Himachal Pradesh, Tanda Palampur (32° 06.141 N, 076° 32.036′ E, 4008 ft.), A.A. Buhroo, 25.09.2018 ( KUIC)

Distribution: India: Himachal Pradesh (first country record). Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, Seychelles, American Samoa

Hosts: Collected from an unknown host in the current study. Boring seeds of various hosts: Carapa procera ( Meliaceae ), Cinnamomum verum ( Lauraceae ), Cola nitida ( Malvaceae ), Pentadesma butyracea ( Clusiaceae ), Planchonella garberi ( Sapotaceae ).

Figures

FIGURE 18. Coccotrypes cinnamomi. Dorsal view A, lateral view B, frons C.