Ambrosiophilus consimilis (Eggers, 1923) Smith & Beaver & Cognato, 2020

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

Ambrosiophilus consimilis (Eggers, 1923) comb. nov. Fig. 13E, F, K

Xyleborus consimilis Eggers, 1923: 180.

Ambrosiodmus consimilis (Eggers): Wood and Bright 1992: 672.

Type material.

Holotype (MCG).

New records.

India: Bengal [West Bengal], Samsing, xi.1933, B. Singh, ex Litsea sp. (NMNH, 3).

Diagnosis.

2.6-3.5 mm long (mean = 3.06 mm; n = 5); 2.36-2.91 × as long as wide. This species is distinguished by declivital interstriae 1 unarmed, interstriae 2 armed by one tubercle at declivital summit, remainder of interstriae 2 unarmed or with a few granules, interstriae 3 with two or three large denticles; declivity weakly bisulcate from sutural margin to striae 2, interstriae 3 moderately and distinctly convex; pronotal disc surface shiny, punctures small, fine, widely spaced by 2-4 diameters of a puncture; and declivital surface coarsely sculptured, shiny; and large size.

Similar species.

Ambrosiophilus cristatulus , A. indicus , A. osumiensis , A. subnepotulus .

Distribution.

India (Tamil Nadu, West Bengal*), East Malaysia.

Host plants.

This species has only been recorded from Litsea ( Lauraceae ).

Remarks.

The species has the generic characters of Ambrosiophilus and is here transferred to that genus.

Figures

Figure 13. Dorsal, lateral and declivital view of Ambrosiophilus atratus, 3.3 - 3.5 mm (A, B, I), A. caliginestris holotype, 2.9 mm (C, D, J), A. consimilis holotype, 2.6 - 3.5 mm (E, F, K), and A. cristatulus, 2.1 - 2.3 mm (G, H, L).