Ips longifolia ( Stebbing, 1909 )

Buhroo, Abdul Ahad, 2024, A taxonomic monograph of subfamily Scolytinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in the Western Himalaya, Zootaxa 5533 (1), pp. 1-82 : 37-38

27. Ips longifolia ( Stebbing, 1909)

( Figure 35)

= Tomicus longifolia Stebbing, 1909

This species is diagnosed by the following characters: ♂ frons feebly roughened with small granules intermixed fine erect hairs and with a small blunt tubercle placed at the middle of vertex; pronotum uniformly convex 1.2× as long as wide, lateral margins feebly outcurved, more prominent anteriorly; summit indistinct placed almost at middle, anterior slope of pronotum with concentric rows of asperities becoming smaller and indistinct postero-laterally, posterior-discal half shiny with small punctures; scutellum depressed and tongue-shaped; elytra 1.48× as long as pronotum, 1.41× as long as wide; elytral surface distinctly convex, basal margin, fairly concave; lateral sides subparallel upto posterior fourth converging posteriorly; striae distinct with shallow punctures devoid of any micro-hairs; interstriae 3–4× wider than striae with a few small widely spaced punctures; all striae and interstriae running almost upto commencement of declivity; declivity commencing almost on the middle of elytra, each margin of declivity with 4–5 spines, spine 2 and 3 connected by a tumescent base, 3 the largest but not elongated as in other species, its apex enlarged into a spade-like club with a constriction at its base, 4 smaller and always placed midway between 3 and the lower margin; frons and entire lateral margins of body with dense long erect setae; body length: 4.51–4.72 mm, 2.64× as long as wide.

Material examined: New records: India: 3 ♂ ′s. Jammu, Ramsu , Sarbagni (33° 19.806′ N, 075° 11.984′ E, 3880 ft.), A.A. Buhroo, 20.05.2017 ( KUIC) . Jammu, Ramban, Batricheshma (33° 17.545′ N, 075° 10.597′ E, 3640 ft.), A.A. Buhroo, 20.05.2017 ( KUIC) . Himachal Pradesh, Sanwara Solan (30° 88.677′ N, 076° 99.854′ E, 4065 ft.), A.A. Buhroo, 20.02.2018 ( KUIC) .

Distribution: India: Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Jammu, Uttarakhand. Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, China

Hosts: Pinus roxburghii ( Pinaceae )