Coptodryas amydra

Taxonomic history

Coptodryas amydra 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): 157.

Diagnosis

1.9 mm long (n = 1); 2.71 times as long as wide. This species can be distinguished by the dense tuft of setaeseta:
small hair-like or scale-like structure
along the elytralelytral:
pertaining to the elytra
basebase:
point or edge closest to the body; opposite of apex
extending to interstriaeinterstria:
longitudinal spaces along the elytra between the striae, which is not as<br /> impressed and bear smaller punctures.
4; body glabrousglabrous:
smooth, devoid of vestiture
except for pronotalpronotal:
pertaining to the pronotum
and elytralelytral:
pertaining to the elytra
bases; elytralelytral:
pertaining to the elytra
discaldiscal:
pertaining to the disc of either the pronotum or elytra
striae punctatepunctate:
set with fine impressed points, appearing as pin pricks
, interstriaeinterstria:
longitudinal spaces along the elytra between the striae, which is not as<br /> impressed and bear smaller punctures.
impunctate; 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
shagreened; declivitaldeclivital:
pertaining to the elytral declivity
face subconvex; declivitaldeclivital:
pertaining to the elytral declivity
interstriae 1−4 costate, 5−6 subcarinate; 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.
7; pronotumpronotum:
the dorsal surface of the thorax
basic (type 0) when viewed laterally, basic (type 2) when viewed dorsally; and anterioranterior:
the front or forward; opposite of posterior
margin of the pronotumpronotum:
the dorsal surface of the thorax
without a distinct row of serrations

May be confused with

Coptodryas carinata, C. concinna, C. elegans, and C. nudipennis

Distribution

Vietnam

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