Cyclorhipidion obesulum

Taxonomic history

Cyclorhipidion obesulum 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): 192.

Diagnosis

2.1 mm long (n = 1); 2.45 times as long as wide. This species can be distinguished by the elytralelytral:
pertaining to the elytra
discdisc:
the flat central upper surface of any body part (e.g. pronotum and elytra)
convexconvex:
appearing rounded
; elytralelytral:
pertaining to the elytra
declivitydeclivity:
downward slope of either the pronotum or elytra
rounded; and elytralelytral:
pertaining to the elytra
apexapex:
point or edge furthest from the body; opposite of base
bearing a single, strong triangular spinespine:
an elongate projection of the exoskeleton that is longer than its basal width
at the end of interstriaeinterstria:
longitudinal spaces along the elytra between the striae, which is not as<br /> impressed and bear smaller punctures.
2.

May be confused with

Cyclorhipidion armiger, C. bispinum, C. laciniosum, C. miyazakiense, and C. xyloteroides

Distribution

China (Yunnan)

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