Ambrosiophilus wantaneeae

Taxonomic history

Ambrosiophilus wantaneeae 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): 72.

Diagnosis

2.0−2.1 mm long (mean = 2.03 mm; n = 4); 2.63−2.77 times as long as wide. This species can be distinguished by declivitaldeclivital:
pertaining to the elytral declivity
interstriae 1 unarmed; interstriae 2 armed by 4–5 coarse granulesgranule:
a small rounded protuberance, like grains of sand
along its length; interstriae 3 with 4−5 slightly smaller granules; declivitaldeclivital:
pertaining to the elytral declivity
striae 1 and 2 very weakly 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 conical and elongate (type 5); and pronotumpronotum:
the dorsal surface of the thorax
from laterallateral:
pertaining to the side
view long (type 7).

May be confused with

Ambrosiophilus osumiensis and A. papilliferus

Distribution

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