Beaverium latus

Taxonomic history

Xyleborus latus Eggers, 1923: 177.

Terminalinus latus (Eggers): Wood, 1986: 267.

Beaverium latus (Eggers): Hulcr and Cognato, 2009: 26.

Diagnosis

6.0 mm long (n = 1); 2.2 times as long as wide (Sittichaya et al. 2019). This species is distinguished by the large size; elytralelytral:
pertaining to the elytra
declivitydeclivity:
downward slope of either the pronotum or elytra
densely covered with long golden setae; elytralelytral:
pertaining to the elytra
discdisc:
the flat central upper surface of any body part (e.g. pronotum and elytra)
flat with a weak transverse impression; declivitaldeclivital:
pertaining to the elytral declivity
posterolateral margins carinate; boundary between elytralelytral:
pertaining to the elytra
discdisc:
the flat central upper surface of any body part (e.g. pronotum and elytra)
and declivitydeclivity:
downward slope of either the pronotum or elytra
distinct.

May be confused with

Beaverium lantanae and B. magnus

Distribution

‘Borneo’, East & West Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatera), Thailand

Host plants

Recorded from Parinari griffithiana (Chrysobalanaceae), Shorea balanocarpoides, S. leprosula, Shorea sp. (Dipterocarpaceae), Intsia palembanica (Fabaceae), Castanopsis sumatrana, Lithocarpus sundaicus (Fagaceae) (Browne 1961bBrowne 1961b:
Browne FG. 1961b. The biology of Malayan Scolytidae and Platypodidae. Malayan Forest Records 22: 1-255.). Browne (1961b) suggests a possible preference for Dipterocarpaceae and Fagaceae hosts.

DNA data

Sequences available for COI and CAD.

COI: HM064059.1

CAD: HM064239.1