Fraudatrix melas (Eggers, 1927)

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 melas (Eggers, 1927) Fig. 61C, D, H

Xyleborus melas Eggers, 1927b

Fraudatrix melas (Eggers): Cognato et al. 2020a: 546.

Type material.

Lectotype (NMNH).

Diagnosis.

2.3 mm long (n = 2); 3.29 × as long as wide. This species is distinguished by the anterior margin of the pronotum rounded; declivital strial punctures distinct, nearly as large as interstrial granules, each bearing a short recumbent seta; and more slender form ( Cognato et al. 2020a).

Similar species.

Tricosa jacula , T. metacuneolus .

Distribution.

China (Hong Kong), Philippines.

Host plants.

Unknown.

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).