Anisandrus achaete

Taxonomic history

Anisandrus achaete 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): 80.

Diagnosis

3.5 mm long (mean = 3.50 mm; n = 2); 2.33 times as long as wide. This species can be distinguished by the mesonotal mycangial tuftmycangial tuft:
tuft of setae that denotes the mycangia exterior opening
absent; antennalantennal:
pertaining to the antennae
club type 2 with one suture on posteriorposterior:
toward the rear end; opposite of anterior
face; elytralelytral:
pertaining to the elytra
discdisc:
the flat central upper surface of any body part (e.g. pronotum and elytra)
with a weak transverse saddle-like depression near declivitaldeclivital:
pertaining to the elytral declivity
summit; declivitydeclivity:
downward slope of either the pronotum or elytra
unarmed by spines; declivitaldeclivital:
pertaining to the elytral declivity
striae strongly impressedimpressed:
a depression in a surface
; interstriaeinterstria:
longitudinal spaces along the elytra between the striae, which is not as<br /> impressed and bear smaller punctures.
granulategranulate:
pertaining to a coarse, grainy surface texture
; and anterioranterior:
the front or forward; opposite of posterior
margin of pronotumpronotum:
the dorsal surface of the thorax
without serrationsserration:
row of asperities; a saw-like structure
.

May be confused with

Anisandrus apicalis and A. carinensis

Distribution

China (Yunnan)

Host plants

recorded from Fagaceae (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