Terminalinus major

Taxonomic history

Phloeosinus major Stebbing, 1909: 19.

Xyleborus major (Stebbing): Stebbing, 1914: 590.

Notoxyleborus major (Stebbing): Maiti and Saha, 1986: 100.

Fortiborus major (Stebbing): Hulcr and Cognato, 2010a: 17.

Terminalinus major (Stebbing): Smith et al. 2022b: 168.

Synonyms

Xyleborus siclus Schedl, 1936d: 26. Hulcr and Cognato, 2010a: 18.

Diagnosis

5.2−6.0 mm long (mean = 5.58 mm; n = 5); 2.52−2.71 times as long as wide. This species can be distinguished by the moderate size; conspicuously angulate elytralelytral:
pertaining to the elytra
apexapex:
point or edge furthest from the body; opposite of base
; posterolateralposterolateral:
relating to end of the side part/portion
declivitaldeclivital:
pertaining to the elytral declivity
costacosta:
elevated ridge that is rounded at its crest, not necessarily with sharp appearance
conspicuously elevated and asperateasperate:
covered in asperities
, making the declivitydeclivity:
downward slope of either the pronotum or elytra
appear very broad and flat; declivitaldeclivital:
pertaining to the elytral declivity
interstrial granulesgranule:
a small rounded protuberance, like grains of sand
uniformly sized, present from basebase:
point or edge closest to the body; opposite of apex
to apexapex:
point or edge furthest from the body; opposite of base
; and discaldiscal:
pertaining to the disc of either the pronotum or elytra
interstrial punctures confusedconfused:
of markings, having indefinite outlines or running together as lines or spots without definite pattern; usually referring to punctures
.

May be confused with

Terminalinus macropterus

Distribution

‘Borneo’, India (Andaman Is, Assam, West Bengal), Indonesia (Mentawei Is., Sumatra), New Guinea, Thailand

Host plants

This species is also closely associated with Dipterocarpaceae (Browne 1961bBrowne 1961b:
Browne FG. 1961b. The biology of Malayan Scolytidae and Platypodidae. Malayan Forest Records 22: 1-255.). There are records of single specimens taken from three other families (Ohno 1990Ohno 1990:
Ohno S. 1990. The Scolytidae and Platypodidae (Coleoptera) from Borneo found in logs at Nagoya port 1. Research Bulletin of the Plant Protection Service, Japan 26: 83-94.), but they may not have been breeding.

DNA data

specimens not available for sequencing