Anisandrus ursulus (Eggers, 1923)

Sittichaya, Wisut & Smith, Sarah M., 2024, Anisandrus bolavenensis sp. nov. (Col.: Curculionidae, Scolytinae, Xyleborini), a new ambrosia beetle from Laos, Biodiversity Data Journal 12, pp. e 130023-e 130023 : e130023-

Anisandrus ursulus (Eggers, 1923)

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordNumber: 2; recordedBy: Vít Kubáň; individualCount: 2; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; disposition: NHB; occurrenceID: B559B261-0364-5775-9792-ED7165E15366; Location: country: Laos PDR; stateProvince: Hua Phan; locality: Phu Phan Mt. [mountain] ; verbatimElevation: ~ 1750 m; verbatimCoordinates: 20 ° 12 ' N, 104 ° 01 ' E; Identification: identifiedBy: Smith S.; Event: eventDate: 03. vi. 2007

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Vít Kubáň; individualCount: 1; occurrenceID: 9141C501-CFAB-50FA-AA98-01B85AEADFAD; Location: country: Laos; stateProvince: Phongsaly; locality: Phongsaly env. ; verbatimElevation: ~ 1500 m; verbatimCoordinates: 21 ° 41-2 ' N, 102 ° 06-8 ' E; Identification: identifiedBy: Smith S; Event: eventDate: 8. v. - 20. vi. 2003

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: M. Brancucci; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; disposition: NHB; occurrenceID: FCE80182-237B-57A6-A6A3-1FEE7110A664; Location: country: Laos; stateProvince: Phongsaly; locality: Phongsaly env. ; verbatimElevation: ~ 1500 m; verbatimCoordinates: 21 ° 41 ' N, 102 ° 6 ' E; Identification: identifiedBy: Smith s; Event: eventDate: 6. - 17. v. 2004

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: D. Hauck; individualCount: 2; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; disposition: NHB; occurrenceID: 9933E070-0D18-5619-A114-C6FEFEA8BCFF; Location: country: Laos; stateProvince:, Phongsaly env., 6. - 17. v. 2004, ~ 1500 m, M. Brancucci leg. (1, NHB). Xieng; locality: Phonsavan (30 km NE): Phou Sane Mt. ; verbatimElevation: 1420 m; verbatimCoordinates: 19 ° 38.20 ' N, 103 ° 20.20 ' E; Identification: identifiedBy: Smith S; Event: eventDate: 10. - 30. v. 2009

Description

4.3–4.9 mm long (mean = 4.5 mm; n = 5); 1.88–1.96 × as long as wide. Body large size, robust and stout, brown to black in colour, appendages paler; densely covered with fine, moderately long, erect, dark brown hair-like setae. Pronotum from dorsal view round (type 1) anterior margin armed with 5 serrations, the middle pair is prominent; pronotal base with mesonotal mycangial tuft the length of the scutellum; elytra short, disc convex; lateral side parallel to apical 1 / 3 then broadly rounded to apex; declivity obliquely truncate, unarmed, declivital striae not impressed and posterolateral margins obliquely truncate armed with small tubercles.

Distribution

China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi), India (Nicobar Is, West Bengal), Indonesia (Bali, Batoe Is, Java, Maluku, Sulawesi, Sumatra), Laos, East and West Malaysia, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Vietnam ( Smith et al. 2020). New to Laos (Hua Phan, Phongsaly, Xieng Khouang).