Scolytoplatypus samsinghensis Maiti & Saha

Liao 1, Song, Lai *, Shengchang, Beaver, Roger A., Gebhardt, Heiko & Wang, Jianguo, 2022, New species and new records of Scolytoplatypus Schaufuss (Curculionidae, Scolytinae) from China, and resurrection of Scolytoplatypus sinensis (Tsai & Huang, 1965) as a distinct species, ZooKeys 1082, pp. 27-50 : 27

Scolytoplatypus samsinghensis Maiti & Saha

Scolytoplatypus samsinghensis Maiti & Saha, 2009: 101, fig. 20.

Material examined.

China: Yunnan, Xishuangbanna, Mengle, Bubeng , 21.615N, 101.579E, 853 m, FIT, 5.v.2018, BB800-1FI, L.Z. Meng (3m RAB); as previous except: 21,611N, 101.581E, 712 m, 15.v.2018. BB600-2FI (3f RAB) .

Distribution.

India (West Bengal). New to China (Yunnan).

Diagnosis.

The species is very close to S. eutomoides Blandford, but differs from it on the basis of the following characters of the males ( S. samsinghensis given first): 1. striae 1 and 2 marked up to the lower half of declivity, little elevation at interstriae 1 and 3, on or near the elevation with fairly large granules vs. striae 1 and 2 marked up to upper half of declivity and lower half with smaller granules; 2. punctures on pronotum rather deep vs. punctures on pronotum, rather shallow; 3. strial groove marked by elongate and confluent punctures vs. strial groove devoid of any distinct punctures; 4. frontal hairs restricted only towards vertex vs. upper half of frons with hairs ( Maiti and Saha 2009).

Host.

Not known.