Arixyleborus scabripennis
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Arixyleborus scabripennis lateral; S.M. Smith |
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Arixyleborus scabripennis dorsal; S.M. Smith |
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Arixyleborus scabripennis declivity; S.M. Smith |
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Arixyleborus scabripennis frontal; S.M. Smith |
Taxonomic history
Xyleborus scabripennis Blandford, 1896b: 216.
Arixyleborus scabripennis (Blandford): Browne, 1955: 351.
Synonyms
Xyleboricus guttifer Schedl, 1955a: 297. Hulcr and Cognato, 2013: 49.
Diagnosis
2.5−2.55 mm long (mean = 2.51 mm; n = 4); 2.27−2.55 times as long as wide. This species is distinguished by the protibiaprotibia:
tibia of the first pair of legs
posteriorposterior:
toward the rear end; opposite of anterior
face flat and unarmed; antennalantennal:
pertaining to the antennae
club as broad as tall; posterolateralposterolateral:
relating to end of the side part/portion
carinacarina:
an elevated ridge or keel, not necessarily high or acute
oblique, granulategranulate:
pertaining to a coarse, grainy surface texture
; elytralelytral:
pertaining to the elytra
discdisc:
the flat central upper surface of any body part (e.g. pronotum and elytra)
flat, without a transverse depression; elytralelytral:
pertaining to the elytra
striae weakly impressedimpressed:
a depression in a surface
; and elytralelytral:
pertaining to the elytra
interstriae with one row of dominant tuberclestubercle:
a small knob-like or rounded protuberance of the exoskeleton
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May be confused with
Arixyleborus moestus, A. puberulus, and A. setosus
Distribution
Indonesia (Java, Maluku, Sumatra), East & West Malaysia, New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
Host plants
polyphagous (Browne 1961bBrowne 1961b:
Browne FG. 1961b. The biology of Malayan Scolytidae and Platypodidae. Malayan Forest Records 22: 1-255.)
Remarks
Browne (1961b) gives some details of brood sizes and development.
DNA data
Sequences available for COI and CAD.
