Arixyleborus leprosulus Schedl, 1953 Fig. 26C, D, J

Arixyleborus leprosulus Schedl, 1953b: 300.

Arixyleborus aralidii Nunberg, 1961: 618. Synonymy: Schedl 1962b: 699.

Type material.

Lectotype Arixyleborus leprosulus (NHMW).

Diagnosis.

1.9-2.0 mm long (mean = 1.94 mm; n = 5); 2.38-2.5 × as long as wide. This species is distinguished by the protibiae posterior faces inflated, granulate; antennal club wider than long; posterolateral carina costate to interstriae 7; elytra obliquely truncate, boundary between elytral disc and declivity distinct, declivital face without strial furrows and interstrial ridges; declivital interstriae setose, setae long, hair-like, recumbent, as long as 1.5 strial widths.

Similar species.

Arixyleborus resecans .

Distribution.

Brunei, West Malaysia, Thailand.

Host plants.

Recorded from Dryobalanops and Shorea ( Dipterocarpaceae), Castanopsis ( Fagaceae), Palaquium ( Sapotaceae) (Browne 1961b), and Aralidium ( Torricelliaceae) (Nunberg 1961).