Tricosa indochinensis Cognato, Smith & Beaver, 2020

Smith, Sarah M., Beaver, Roger A. & Cognato, Anthony I., 2020, A monograph of the Xyleborini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae) of the Indochinese Peninsula (except Malaysia) and China, ZooKeys 983, pp. 1-442 : 1

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.983.52630

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scientific name

Tricosa indochinensis Cognato, Smith & Beaver, 2020
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Tricosa indochinensis Cognato, Smith & Beaver, 2020 Fig. 77C, D, J View Figure 77

Tricosa indochinensis Cognato, Smith & Beaver, 2020 (in Cognato et al. 2020a): 549.

Type material.

Holotype (NMNH), paratypes (IZAS, 1; NMNH, 4; RABC, 1).

Diagnosis.

3.2-3.4 mm long (mean = 3.32 mm; n = 5); 2.83-2.91 × as long as wide. This species is distinguished by the discal interstrial punctures confused; protibiae distinctly triangular; and pronotum anterior margin with a clear row of eight moderate serrations.

This species is very similar to T. cattienensis and is distinguished by the larger size and narrower form ( Cognato et al. 2020a).

Similar species.

Heteroborips indicus , Tricosa cattienensis .

Distribution.

China (Yunnan), India (West Bengal), Thailand.

Host plants.

Known only from Pterocarpus ( Fabaceae ) ( Cognato et al. 2020a).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

Genus

Tricosa

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Tricosa indochinensis Cognato, Smith & Beaver, 2020

Smith, Sarah M., Beaver, Roger A. & Cognato, Anthony I. 2020
2020
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Tricosa indochinensis

Cognato, Smith & Beaver 2020
2020