Fraudatrix cuneiformis (Schedl, 1958)

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

Fraudatrix cuneiformis (Schedl, 1958) Fig. 61A, B, G

Xyleborus cuneiformis Schedl, 1958b: 104.

Fraudatrix cuneiformis (Schedl): Cognato et al. 2020a: 545.

Type material.

Lectotype (NHMW).

Diagnosis.

1.9-2.15 mm long (mean = 2.02 mm; n = 5); 2.86-3.07 × as long as wide. This species is distinguished by the anterior margin of the pronotum rounded; declivital strial punctures indistinct; interstrial granules large, distinct; elytral apex narrowly attenuate; and stouter form ( Cognato et al. 2020a).

Similar species.

Coptodryas mus , Tricosa metacuneolus .

Distribution.

Brunei, East & West Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan.

Host plants.

Recorded only from two species of Shorea ( Dipterocarpaceae ) ( Schedl 1958b; Cognato et al. 2020a).

Remarks.

The gallery system has branched tunnels with small brood chambers in the longitudinal plane ( Browne 1961b).

Figures

Figure 61. Dorsal, lateral and declivital view of Fraudatrix cuneiformis lectotype, 1.9 - 2.15 mm (A, B, G), F. melas, 2.3 mm (C, D, H), and F. simplex, 1.75 - 2.0 (E, F, I).