Scolytus kashmirensis Schedl, 1958

Buhroo, Abdul Ahad, 2024, A taxonomic monograph of subfamily Scolytinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in the Western Himalaya, Zootaxa 5533 (1), pp. 1-82 : 53-54

41. Scolytus kashmirensis Schedl, 1958

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This species is diagnosed by the following morphological characters: ♂ frons plano-concave, surface rugose punctate except a median smooth area, a short median raised line above epistoma upto the smooth area; lateral margins of frons with two parallel rows of long, erect setae; eyes much elongated with a wide shallow emargination anteriorly; pronotum as wide as long (1.03×), constricted and impressed near the anterior margin; surface shiny with minute punctures on pronotal disc, denser towards apex; pronotum black on anterior 2/3, posterior 1/3 of pronotum and elytra light brown in color (with some black shade in the middle of each elytra); scutellum set deeply in scutellar impression, covered with elongated scale-like white setae; elytra 1.11× as long as its width, 1.20× as long as pronotum, strial and interstrial punctures somewhat large, round and shallow, nearly equal in size; the 2 nd abdominal ventrite near its anterior border with a low blunt tooth-like structure, posterior margin armed with a lip-like extension in the middle, with a knobbed tooth on each side; lateral sides of pronotum, posterior portion of elytra, 1 st, 2 nd and 5 th abdominal ventrites, and hind legs covered by long hair-like setae, setae much longer on posterior elytra and hind legs; body lenth: 3.72–4.30 mm, 2.38× as long as wide.

In females, the median tooth on the 2 nd abdominal ventrite is much larger, the lip-like structure is strongly reduced, the lateral teeth on the posterior border much smaller and farther apart from each other; frons is covered by sparse hair-like setae throughout; body length: 4.24 mm.

Material examined: New records: India: 2 ♂ ′s, 1 ♀. Kashmir , Anantnag, Danter (33° 43′34.07′′ N, 075° 09′13.58′′ E, 5270 ft.), A.A. Buhroo, 01.08.2011 ( KUIC) . Kashmir , Anantnag, Halan Verinag (33° 29.365′ N, 075° 16.394′ E, 7132 ft.), A.A. Buhroo, 22.08.2012 ( KUIC) . Kashmir , Anantnag, Thajiwara Bijbehara (33° 47.59′ N, 075° 08.67′ E, 5420 ft.), A.A. Buhroo, 07.09.2017 ( KUIC) .

Distribution: India: Kashmir

Hosts: Ulmus villosa , U. wallichiana ( Ulmaceae )

Figures

FIGURE 53. Scolytus kashmirensis. Male: dorsal view A, abdominal declivity B; female: dorsal view C, abdominal declivity D.