Anisandrus mussooriensis (Eggers, 1930)

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

Anisandrus mussooriensis (Eggers, 1930) Fig. 22G, H, L

Xyleborus mussooriensis Eggers, 1930: 179.

Cyclorhipidion mussooriense (Eggers): Maiti and Saha 2004: 116.

Anisandrus mussooriensis (Eggers): Beaver and Liu 2018: 538.

Type material.

Holotype (FRI), cotype (NMNH, 1).

Diagnosis.

3.0-3.25 mm long (mean = 3.1 mm; n = 5); 2.3-2.33 × as long as wide. This species is distinguished by the mesonotal mycangial tuft the length of the scutellum; elytral disc flat; declivital interstriae clearly punctate; declivital posterolateral margin carinate to interstriae 5; declivity appearing flat when viewed laterally, weakly depressed below lateral margins; and basal 1/2 of declivital interstriae 2 with two or three small tubercles.

Similar species.

Anisandrus eggersi , A. feronia , A. improbus .

Distribution.

India (Uttarakhand), Nepal.

Host plants.

Recorded only from Berberis ( Berberidaceae ) ( Beeson 1930).

Figures

Figure 22. Dorsal, lateral and declivital view of Anisandrus lineatus, 2.6 - 3.3 mm (A, B, I), A. longidens, 3.0 mm (C, D, J), A. maiche, 2.2 - 2.5 mm (E, F, K), and A. mussooriensis paratype, 3.0 - 3.25 mm (G, H, L).