Coptodryas concinna

Taxonomic history

Xyleborus concinnus Beeson, 1930: 214.

Coptodryas concinnus (Beeson): Wood, 1989: 171.

Synonyms

Xyleborus flexicostatus Schedl, 1942c: 31. Kalshoven 1959b: 152. Wood 1989: 171.

Diagnosis

2.3 mm long (mean = 2.3 mm; n = 4); 2.09−2.3 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; striaestria:
punctures in rows, which may or may not be impressed to make grooves
and interstriaeinterstria:
longitudinal spaces along the elytra between the striae, which is not as<br /> impressed and bear smaller punctures.
uniseriate punctatepunctate:
set with fine impressed points, appearing as pin pricks
, elytralelytral:
pertaining to the elytra
discdisc:
the flat central upper surface of any body part (e.g. pronotum and elytra)
strongly shiningshining:
appearing glossy or bright in luster; referring to a surface that is polished and reflects light well
; declivitydeclivity:
downward slope of either the pronotum or elytra
shagreened; declivitydeclivity:
downward slope of either the pronotum or elytra
bisulcatebisulcate:
pertaining to an elytral declivity with two suci; a sulcus present on each elytron but the suture remains convex
, interstriaeinterstria:
longitudinal spaces along the elytra between the striae, which is not as<br /> impressed and bear smaller punctures.
2 to striaestria:
punctures in rows, which may or may not be impressed to make grooves
3 moderately depressed, interstriaeinterstria:
longitudinal spaces along the elytra between the striae, which is not as<br /> impressed and bear smaller punctures.
4−7 carinate, interstriaeinterstria:
longitudinal spaces along the elytra between the striae, which is not as<br /> impressed and bear smaller punctures.
4 strongly tumescent and sharply carinate from basebase:
point or edge closest to the body; opposite of apex
to apicalapex:
point or edge furthest from the body; opposite of base
quarter; 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; protibiaprotibia:
tibia of the first pair of legs
distinctly triangular; pronotumpronotum:
the dorsal surface of the thorax
rounded, robust (type 5) when viewed laterally and rounded (type 1) when viewed dorsally.

May be confused with

Coptodryas amydra, C. carinata, C. elegans, andC. nudipennis

Distribution

China (Hong Kong, Yunnan), India (West Bengal), Indonesia (Java), Myanmar, Thailand

Host plants

recorded from Albizia (Fabaceae), Camellia (Theaceae), and Lansium (Meliaceae) (Beeson 1930Beeson 1930:
Beeson CFC. 1930. The biology of the genus Xyleborus , with more new species. Indian Forest Records 14: 209-272., Kalshoven 1959bKalshoven 1959b:
Kalshoven LGE. 1959b. Studies on the biology of Indonesian Scolytoidea 4. Data on the habits of Scolytidae. Second part. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 102: 135-173 + pls. 15-22., Maiti and Saha 2004Maiti and Saha 2004:
Maiti PK, Saha N. 2004. Fauna of India and the adjacent countries. Scolytidae: Coleoptera (bark and ambrosia beetles). Vol. 1. Part 1. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 268 pp.)

Remarks

Records of Coptodryas elegans (Sampson) in Beaver et al. (2014) should be referred to this species.

DNA data

specimens not available for sequencing