Ambrosiophilus papilliferus

Taxonomic history

Ambrosiophilus papilliferus Smith, Beaver & Cognato 2020 (in 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): 67.

Diagnosis

2.5 mm long (n = 1); 2.5 times as long as wide. This species can be distinguished by declivitaldeclivital:
pertaining to the elytral declivity
interstriae 1 unarmed; interstriae 2 armed by four moderately sized and variably spaced denticlesdenticle:
a small tooth, the sides of which are equal and the tip is above the middle of the base
along its length; interstriae 3 armed by five larger denticles; declivitaldeclivital:
pertaining to the elytral declivity
striae 1 and 2 moderately impressedimpressed:
a depression in a surface
; pronotumpronotum:
the dorsal surface of the thorax
from dorsaldorsal:
of or relating to the upper surface; opposite of ventral
view basic (type 2); and pronotumpronotum:
the dorsal surface of the thorax
from laterallateral:
pertaining to the side
view tall (type 2).

May be confused with

Ambrosiophilus osumiensis and A. wantaneeae

Distribution

China (Guizhou), Vietnam

Host plants

recorded only from Carya (Juglandaceae) (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