Crypturgus beesoni Eggers, 1936

Buhroo, Abdul Ahad, 2024, A taxonomic monograph of subfamily Scolytinae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in the Western Himalaya, Zootaxa 5533 (1), pp. 1-82 : 16

9. Crypturgus beesoni Eggers, 1936

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This species is diagnosed by the following morphological characters: ♂ frons slightly convex with fine, dense punctures; vestiture of short, fine hairs; pronotum 1.44× as long as wide, sides almost parallel, anterior margin broadly rounded, postero-lateral corners somewhat rounded; surface slightly convex, shiny, without a clear median line; punctures dense, clear, but not coarse; elytra 1.90× as long as pronotum and 1.66× as long as wide; basal margin clearly wider than pronotum, lateral sides parallel, narrowly rounded towards apex; disc somewhat convex with slightly impressed striae; strial punctures small, round, dense and shallow; interstriae slightly wider than striae, smooth, shiny with extremely fine, dense punctures; declivity convex, moderately steep; body vestiture consists of fine and short hairs, longer throughout the body margins; body dark brown; body length: 1.0 mm.

Female similar to male, except sides of pronotum somewhat bulging laterally, elytral apex almost rounded in a semicircle.

Material examined: Lectotype ♂ in NMNH (image), Smithsonian Institution , Washington, D.C. USA. Type locality: Kashmir

Distribution: India: Kashmir, Uttarakhand.

Hosts: Cedrus deodara , Pinus roxburghii ( Pinaceae ).

Figures

FIGURE 12. Crypturgus beesoni. Lectotype male: dorsal view A, lateral view B. (Courtesy: Dr. T. H. Atkinson, Smithsonian NMNH).