Ambrosiophilus latisulcatus

Taxonomic history

Xyleborus latisulcatus Eggers, 1940: 142.

Ambrosiodmus latisulcatus (Eggers): Wood and Bright, 1992: 675.

Ambrosiophilus latisulcatus (Eggers): Beaver et al., 2014: 25.

Diagnosis

3.9−4.2 mm long (mean = 4.05 mm; n = 2); 2.52−2.8 times as long as wide. This species can be distinguished by declivitaldeclivital:
pertaining to the elytral declivity
interstriae 1, 2, 3 each armed by one major tubercletubercle:
a small knob-like or rounded protuberance of the exoskeleton
surrounding declivitaldeclivital:
pertaining to the elytral declivity
sulcus; pronotumpronotum:
the dorsal surface of the thorax
from dorsaldorsal:
of or relating to the upper surface; opposite of ventral
view conical frontally (type 6); pronotalpronotal:
pertaining to the pronotum
declivitydeclivity:
downward slope of either the pronotum or elytra
steep, flat; anterioranterior:
the front or forward; opposite of posterior
margin with a row of six serrations; pronotumpronotum:
the dorsal surface of the thorax
from laterallateral:
pertaining to the side
view tall (type 2); pronotalpronotal:
pertaining to the pronotum
discaldiscal:
pertaining to the disc of either the pronotum or elytra
punctures coarse, dense, spaced less than the diameter of a puncture, surface reticulatereticulate:
superficially netlike or made up of a network of lines
; elytralelytral:
pertaining to the elytra
declivitydeclivity:
downward slope of either the pronotum or elytra
moderately sulcatesulcate:
deeply furrowed or grooved
to interstriaeinterstria:
longitudinal spaces along the elytra between the striae, which is not as<br /> impressed and bear smaller punctures.
3, margins of sulcussulcus:
a groove or furrow
armed with three equally sized tubercles:tubercle:
a small knob-like or rounded protuberance of the exoskeleton
:: one at the basebase:
point or edge closest to the body; opposite of apex
of interstriaeinterstria:
longitudinal spaces along the elytra between the striae, which is not as<br /> impressed and bear smaller punctures.
1, one on interstriaeinterstria:
longitudinal spaces along the elytra between the striae, which is not as<br /> impressed and bear smaller punctures.
2 just ventrad to the first, and one at the midpoint of interstriaeinterstria:
longitudinal spaces along the elytra between the striae, which is not as<br /> impressed and bear smaller punctures.
3.

May be confused with

Ambrosiophilus sexdentatus and A. sulcatus

Distribution

Indonesia (Java), Thailand

Host plants

unknown (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