Coptodryas bella (Sampson, 1921)

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

Coptodryas bella (Sampson, 1921) Fig. 35C, D, J

Xyleborus bellus Sampson, 1921: 31.

Coptodryas bella (Sampson): Wood and Bright 1992: 823.

Type material.

Holotype (NHMUK).

New records.

Philippines: Nueva Vizcaya, Quezon Munc., Mount Palali basecamp, 16.46228; 121.21975, 722 m, 6.vi.2017, Siler Brachymeles Expedition 4, ex light collecting (MSUC, 1).

Diagnosis.

3.75-4.0 mm long (mean = 3.95 mm; n = 5); 1.88-2.05 × as long as wide. This species is distinguished by its large size; pronotum anterior margin with a pair of conspicuous serrations; densely setose body; declivity obliquely truncate; elytral strial and interstrial punctures confused; declivital interstriae granulate; and pronotum type 5 when laterally viewed.

Similar species.

Coptodryas confusa .

Distribution.

Indonesia (Maluku), East & West Malaysia, New Guinea, Philippines*, Thailand.

Host plants.

Recorded from Vatica ( Dipterocarpaceae ), and an unidentified genus of Euphorbiaceae ( Browne 1961b).

Figures

Figure 35. Dorsal, lateral and declivital view of Coptodryas amydra holotype, 1.9 mm (A, B, I), C. bella, 3.75 - 4.0 mm (C, D, J), C. carinata holotype, 2.7 mm (E, F, K), and C. concinna, 2.3 mm (G, H, L).