Ambrosiophilus consimilis

Taxonomic history

Xyleborus consimilis Eggers, 1923: 180.

Ambrosiodmus consimilis (Eggers): Wood and Bright, 1992: 672.

Diagnosis

2.6−3.5 mm long (mean = 3.06 mm; n = 5); 2.36−2.91 times as long as wide. This species can be distinguished by declivitaldeclivital:
pertaining to the elytral declivity
interstriae 1 unarmed; interstriae 2 armed by one tubercletubercle:
a small knob-like or rounded protuberance of the exoskeleton
at declivitaldeclivital:
pertaining to the elytral declivity
summit, remainder of interstriaeinterstria:
longitudinal spaces along the elytra between the striae, which is not as<br /> impressed and bear smaller punctures.
2 unarmed; interstriae 3 with 2−3 large denticles; declivitydeclivity:
downward slope of either the pronotum or elytra
weakly bisulcatebisulcate:
pertaining to an elytral declivity with two suci; a sulcus present on each elytron but the suture remains convex
from sutural margin to striaestria:
punctures in rows, which may or may not be impressed to make grooves
2; interstriaeinterstria:
longitudinal spaces along the elytra between the striae, which is not as<br /> impressed and bear smaller punctures.
3 moderately, distinctly convexconvex:
appearing rounded
; pronotalpronotal:
pertaining to the pronotum
discaldiscal:
pertaining to the disc of either the pronotum or elytra
punctures small, fine, widely spaced by 2−4 diameters of a puncture, surface shiningshining:
appearing glossy or bright in luster; referring to a surface that is polished and reflects light well
; declivitaldeclivital:
pertaining to the elytral declivity
surface coarsely sculptured, shiningshining:
appearing glossy or bright in luster; referring to a surface that is polished and reflects light well
; and large size.

May be confused with

Ambrosiophilus cristatulus, A. indicus, A. osumiensis, and A. subnepotulus

Distribution

China (Yunnan), India (Tamil Nadu, West Bengal), East Malaysia

Host plants

only recorded from Litsea (Lauraceae) (Smith et al. 2020bSmith et al. 2020b:
Smith SM, Beaver RA, and Cognato AI. 2020b. A monograph of the Xyleborini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae) of the Indochinese Peninsula (except Malaysia) and China. ZooKeys 983: 1-442. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.983.52630)

DNA data

specimens not available for sequencing