Sueus obesus ( Browne, 1977 )

Cognato, Anthony I., Smith, Sarah M., Schiffer, Matthew & Li, You, 2024, A taxonomic review of Sueus Murayama, 1951 ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Hyorrhynchini) aided by molecular phylogenetic analyses, Zootaxa 5477 (4), pp. 475-493 : 488-489

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Sueus obesus ( Browne, 1977) View in CoL

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Hyorrhynchus obesus Browne, 1977: 369 View in CoL .

Sueus obesus (Browne) View in CoL : Beaver & Gebhardt 2005: 96.

Type material. Holotype, female, Malaysia, Penang, Telok Bahang , 22.iv.1975, NHMUK014591790 ( NHMUK), examined.

Other specimens examined. Thailand: (S): [Nakon Si Thammarat Prov.]: Chawang [District] nr. Nabon, Banna, 70m, Sept. 6, 1958, J.L Gressitt collector (1, BPBM); Suratthani, Khao Sok N.P. 23.ii.2012, R.A. Beaver, ex cut liane c. 3 cm diam., 30288 (1, RABC). Additional records in Table 1 View TABLE 1 .

Diagnosis. Length 2.3–2.7 mm, 2.0–2.3 × longer than wide; declivital interstriae bearing minute granules; first fifth of elytral base rugose; striae strongly impressed on the elytral disc.

Distribution. Thailand (Nakon Si Thammarat*, Phetchaburi *, Surat Thani, Trang), West Malaysia (Penang), East Malaysia (Sabah) ( Beaver et al. 2014; Bright 2021).

Hosts. Reported only from Lithocarpus ( Fagaceae ). Presumably polyphagous and mycetophagous.

References

Beaver, R. A. & Gebhardt, H. (2005) Notes on the tribe Hyorrhynchini (Col., Curculionidae, Scolytinae). Serangga, 9 (1 - 2), 91 - 102.

Beaver, R. A., Sittichaya, W. & Liu, L. - Y. (2014) A synopsis of the scolytine ambrosia beetles of Thailand (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae). Zootaxa, 3875 (1), 1 - 82. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3875.1.1

Bright, D. E. (2021) A cataloog of Scolytidae (Coleoptera), Supplement 4 (2011 - 2019) with an Annotated Checklist of the World Fauna (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Scolytidae). Miscellaneous Publications, Contributions of the C. P. Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity, Department of Agricultural Biology, Colorado State University, 655 pp.

Browne, F. G. (1977) Three new species of Scolytidae and Platypodidae (Coleoptera) from Malaysia. Oriental Insects, 11, 369 - 371. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00305316.1977.10433817