Ancipitis puer (Eggers, 1923)

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

Ancipitis puer (Eggers, 1923) Fig. 17A, B, E

Xyleborus puer Eggers, 1923: 191.

Ancipitis puer (Eggers): Hulcr and Cognato 2013: 42.

Xyleborus ceramensis Schedl, 1937a: 549. Synonymy: Hulcr and Cognato 2013: 42.

Type material.

Holotype (MCG), syntypes (MCG, 2; NMNH, 2).

Diagnosis.

Moderately sized, 3.0-3.6 mm long (mean = 3.2 mm; n = 5); 2.14-2.73 × as long as wide. This species is distinguished by its moderate size, declivity not sulcate between interstriae 3 in middle of declivity; sutural interstriae not raised and striae 1 not impressed in apical third; and declivital striae and interstriae both bearing long hair-like setae that are erect on the interstriae and semi-recumbent on the striae.

Similar species.

Leptoxyleborus machili , L. sordicauda .

Distribution.

Indonesia (Ceram, Sumatra), East & West Malaysia, New Guinea, Thailand.

Host plants.

Recorded only from Shorea ( Dipterocarpaceae ) and Intsia ( Fabaceae ) ( Browne 1961b), but probably polyphagous.

Figures

Figure 17. Dorsal, lateral and declivital view of Ancipitis puer, 3.0 - 3.6 mm (A, B, E), and A. punctatissimus, 4.9 - 5.4 mm (C, D, F).