Cyclorhipidion neocavipenne

Taxonomic history

Xyleborus neocavipennis Schedl, 1977: 503.

Cyclorhipidion neocavipenne (Schedl): Wood and Bright, 1992: 700.

Diagnosis

2.5 mm long (n = 1); 3.13 times as long as wide. This species can be distinguished by the small size; declivitydeclivity:
downward slope of either the pronotum or elytra
obliquely truncatetruncate:
appearing cut off or suddenly shortened
and moderately sulcatesulcate:
deeply furrowed or grooved
; pronotumpronotum:
the dorsal surface of the thorax
elongate from dorsaldorsal:
of or relating to the upper surface; opposite of ventral
view (type 9); declivitydeclivity:
downward slope of either the pronotum or elytra
sulcate to interstriaeinterstria:
longitudinal spaces along the elytra between the striae, which is not as<br /> impressed and bear smaller punctures.
4; and only armed by two granulesgranule:
a small rounded protuberance, like grains of sand
near 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.
3.

May be confused with

Cyclorhipidion japonicum, C. laetum, and C. xeniolum

Distribution

China (Yunnan), Thailand, 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