Tricosa metacuneolus (Eggers, 1940) Fig. 77G, H, L

Xyleborus metacuneolus Eggers, 1940: 150.

Tricosa metacuneola [sic] (Eggers): Cognato et al. 2020a: 550.

Xyleborus kaimochii Nobuchi, 1981a: 143. Synonymy: Smith et al. 2018b: 397.

Type material.

Paratype Xyleborus metacuneolus (NMNH).

Diagnosis.

2.4-2.5 mm long (mean = 2.46 mm; n = 5); 2.67-2.78 × as long as wide. This species is distinguished by the elytra gently attenuate on apical 30%; declivital interstriae uniseriate granulate, granules numerous, spaced by a distance of less than three granule widths; and declivital striae and interstriae densely setose, strial setae 1/2 as long as those of interstriae.

Similar species.

Coptodryas mus, Fraudatrix cuneiformis .

Distribution.

Brunei, Indonesia (Java, Sulawesi), Japan, East & West Malaysia, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand.

Host plants.

Probably polyphagous. Recorded from Buchanania, Mangifera ( Anacardiaceae), Castanopsis ( Fagaceae), Swietenia ( Meliaceae), and Gymnacranthera ( Myristicaceae) (Nobuchi 1981a; Beaver and Liu 2010; Cognato et al. 2020a).