Anisandrus mussooriensis

Taxonomic history

Xyleborus mussooriensis Eggers, 1930: 179.

Cyclorhipidion mussooriense (Eggers): Maiti and Saha, 2004: 116.

Anisandrus mussooriensis (Eggers): Beaver and Liu, 2018: 538. 

Diagnosis

3.0−3.25 mm long (mean = 3.1 mm; n = 5); 2.30−2.33 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
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 clearly 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
appearing flat when viewed laterally, weakly depressed below laterallateral:
pertaining to the side
margins; and basalbase:
point or edge closest to the body; opposite of apex
half of interstriaeinterstria:
longitudinal spaces along the elytra between the striae, which is not as<br /> impressed and bear smaller punctures.
2 with 2−3 small tuberclestubercle:
a small knob-like or rounded protuberance of the exoskeleton
.

May be confused with

Anisandrus eggersi, A. feronia, and A. improbus

Distribution

India (Uttarakhand), Nepal

Host plants

recorded only from Berberis (Berberidaceae) (Beeson 1930Beeson 1930:
Beeson CFC. 1930. The biology of the genus Xyleborus , with more new species. Indian Forest Records 14: 209-272.)

DNA data

specimens not available for sequencing