Ambrosiophilus consimilis (Eggers, 1923) comb. nov. Fig. 13E, F, K

Xyleborus consimilis Eggers, 1923: 180.

Ambrosiodmus consimilis (Eggers): Wood and Bright 1992: 672.

Type material.

Holotype (MCG).

New records.

India: Bengal [West Bengal], Samsing, xi.1933, B. Singh, ex Litsea sp. (NMNH, 3).

Diagnosis.

2.6-3.5 mm long (mean = 3.06 mm; n = 5); 2.36-2.91 × as long as wide. This species is distinguished by declivital interstriae 1 unarmed, interstriae 2 armed by one tubercle at declivital summit, remainder of interstriae 2 unarmed or with a few granules, interstriae 3 with two or three large denticles; declivity weakly bisulcate from sutural margin to striae 2, interstriae 3 moderately and distinctly convex; pronotal disc surface shiny, punctures small, fine, widely spaced by 2-4 diameters of a puncture; and declivital surface coarsely sculptured, shiny; and large size.

Similar species.

Ambrosiophilus cristatulus, A. indicus, A. osumiensis, A. subnepotulus .

Distribution.

India (Tamil Nadu, West Bengal*), East Malaysia.

Host plants.

This species has only been recorded from Litsea ( Lauraceae).

Remarks.

The species has the generic characters of Ambrosiophilus and is here transferred to that genus.