Anisandrus feronia

Taxonomic history

Anisandrus feronia 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): 92.

Diagnosis

2.9 mm long (mean = 2.9 mm; n = 3); 2.23 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
the length of the scutellumscutellum:
a shield-like sclerotized plate located at the midpoint of the elytral base 
; elytralelytral:
pertaining to the elytra
discdisc:
the flat central upper surface of any body part (e.g. pronotum and elytra)
flat; declivitaldeclivital:
pertaining to the elytral declivity
interstriae punctatepunctate:
set with fine impressed points, appearing as pin pricks
; posterolateralposterolateral:
relating to end of the side part/portion
margin carinate to interstriaeinterstria:
longitudinal spaces along the elytra between the striae, which is not as<br /> impressed and bear smaller punctures.
5; declivitydeclivity:
downward slope of either the pronotum or elytra
moderately bisulcatebisulcate:
pertaining to an elytral declivity with two suci; a sulcus present on each elytron but the suture remains convex
; declivitaldeclivital:
pertaining to the elytral declivity
margins ornamented by only two small sharp incurved spinesspine:
an elongate projection of the exoskeleton that is longer than its basal width
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.
2 and 3; and declivitaldeclivital:
pertaining to the elytral declivity
interstriae bearing erecterect:
pertaining to setae that have their apices directed away from the body and appear straight
fine hair-like setaeseta:
small hair-like or scale-like structure
.

May be confused with

Anisandrus eggersi, A. longidens, and A. mussooriensis

Distribution

China (Fujian)

Host plants

recorded from Fortunella margarita (Rutaceae) (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