Cryphalus fulmineus Wood, 1989

Buhroo, Abdul Ahad, 2024, A taxonomic monograph of subfamily Scolytinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in the Western Himalaya, Zootaxa 5533 (1), pp. 1-82 : 11-12

4. Cryphalus fulmineus Wood, 1989

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This species is diagnosed by the following morphological characters: ♀ frons very broadly convex, a slight, almost flat impression in median area just above epistoma; vertex without a transverse carina; surface rather strongly reticulate; punctures moderately coarse, indistinct; antennal club rather broad, sutures distinctly procurved; pronotum slightly wider than long; sides sub-parallel and feebly arcuate on basal half, gradually narrowing anteriorly; anterior margin armed by six serrations, median pair usually much larger; summit slightly behind middle, asperities on anterior half rather coarse, moderately abundant; posterior areas with fine granules and few obscure punctures in lateral areas; vestiture hair-like, erect, not abundant, longer near anterior and lateral margins; elytra 1.3× as long as wide and 1.7× longer than pronotum; sides almost straight and parallel on more than basal two-thirds, rather broadly rounded towards apex; striae not impressed, with shallow, distinct, punctures not closely placed; interstriae somewhat smooth and more than three times wider than striae, with very fine, numerous punctures; declivity steep, convex; elytral vestiture consisting of a ground cover of abundant, short scales, each scale slightly longer than wide; rows of erect setae extend almost to base, each moderately slender and placed in rows on interstriae; body length: 2.0 mm, 2.26× as long as wide.

Male similar to female but somewhat smaller in size, with slightly smaller pronotal asperities; body length: 1.8 mm.

Material examined: Allotype ♀ in FRI Dehradun. Type localities: Tharali , Garwal , Uttarakhand (U.P.) and Jubal, Simla, Himachal Pradesh, India

Distribution: India: Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand

Hosts: Alnus nitida ( Betulaceae )

Figures

FIGURE 7. Cryphalus fulmineus. Allotype female: dorsal view A, lateral view B.