Arixyleborus puberulus (Blandford)

Hulcr, Jiri, 2010, Taxonomic changes in palaeotropical Xyleborini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae), ZooKeys 56, pp. 105-119 : 105

Arixyleborus puberulus (Blandford)

Xyleborus puberulus (Blandford, 1896)

Xyleborus hirtipennis Eggers, 1940, syn. n.

Arixyleborus hirtipennis (Eggers): Browne 1955, syn. n.

Specimens examined.

Indonesia, Java ( Xyleborus hirtipennis , lectotype, USNM); Sarawak, Malaysia ( Xyleborus puberulus , holotype, BMNH).

Comments.

Lectotype of Arixyleborus hirtipennis bears all essential features of Arixyleborus puberulus , only the declivital rugosities more organized into rows, shining area of elytra smaller, less clearly distinguished from rugose area. These are exceptionally plastic in Arixyleborus puberulus , Arixyleborus hirtipennis represents small deviation in the large range of variation of declivital surface in Arixyleborus puberulus .