Asiophilus phloeosinoides (Browne, 1966) Browne, 1966

Jordal, Bjarte H., 2010, Revision of the genus Phloeoditica Schedl - with description of two new genera and two new species in Phloeosinini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae), ZooKeys 56, pp. 141-156 : 148-149

Asiophilus phloeosinoides (Browne, 1966) comb. n. Figs 2 a–c 4d5c

Asiophilus phloeosinoides Browne 1966: 243.

Type material examined.

Holotype: "Philippines, Tawi Tawi, Tarawakan, north of Batu Batu, 21. Oct 1961, Noona Dan Exp. 61-62 / Caught by mercury-light 18.30 –00.30”. The holotype is pinned on a minuten-pin.

Diagnosis.

Distinguished from Asiophilus macropunctatus by the more sparsely punctured frons, by the less asperate interstriae, by the scant elytral vestiture, and by the protibiae bearing 5 and not 6 lateral socketed teeth.

Description:

Length 1.5 mm, 2.0 times longer than wide. Colour dark reddish-brown. Head. Frons weakly convex above to flattened below, transversely impressed just above epistoma; punctures few, small and shallow. Vestiture consisting of 5-6 setae along epistomal margin, and almost invisible fine setae above. Eyes three times longer (dorso-ventrally) than wide, separated above by 2.7 times their width. Antennal club large, moderately flattened and oval, with two regularly spaced oblique sutures, finely pubescent. Funiculus 5-segmented, scapus about 0.8 times as long as the length of funiculus and club combined. Pronotum 0.85 times as long as wide, distinctly constricted on anterior third, notum roughly punctured, weakly granulated along anterior-lateral areas, punctures irregularly separated by about half their diameter; vestiture consisting of scant minute setae in punctures and a pair of medially placed longer erect setae. Elytra 1.3 times longer than wide, 1.7 times longer than pronotum, sides subparallel on anterior half, apex rounded. Base of elytra procurved and elevated by a complete row of crenulations. Striae impressed, punctures variably large, deep, subconfluent. Interstriae as wide as striae, slightly elevated, rugose, shining, with punctures about half the size of strial punctures and more widely spaced. Interstriae 10 reaching level of metacoxae. Vestiture consisting of interstrial rows of tiny recumbent setae. Sclerolepidia present along entire margin of metepisternum, very small; metepisternum almost glabrous, with scant minute setae. Legs. Procoxae separated by width of one coxa. Precoxal ridges short, distinct. Mesocoxae separated by slightly more than the width of procoxa, mesocoxal process vertical. Protibiae armed by 5 socketed teeth along the lateral and apical margin and one lightly curved inner mucro. Mesotibiae armed by 5 lateral, socketed teeth. Metatibiae armed by 4 lateral socketed teeth on apical half.

Comments.

This species is only known from the unique type specimen. The type locality Tawi Tawi is a small island just east of Sabah.