Cyclorhipidion repositum

Taxonomic history

Xyleborus repositus Schedl, 1942a: 197.

Cyclorhipidion repositum (Schedl): Smith et al. 2022b: 159.

Synonyms

Xyleborus pruinosulus Browne in Beaver and Browne, 1978: 611. Synonymy: Smith et al. 2022b: 159.

Diagnosis

2.7−3.5 mm long (mean = 2.92 mm; n = 5); 2.5−2.9 times as long as wide. This species can be distinguished by its unique elytralelytral:
pertaining to the elytra
sculpturing with declivitaldeclivital:
pertaining to the elytral declivity
interstriae 1 armed by a large denticledenticle:
a small tooth, the sides of which are equal and the tip is above the middle of the base
near the basebase:
point or edge closest to the body; opposite of apex
and a small spinespine:
an elongate projection of the exoskeleton that is longer than its basal width
near the apexapex:
point or edge furthest from the body; opposite of base
with the area in between concaveconcave:
appearing hollowed out
from suture to interstriaeinterstria:
longitudinal spaces along the elytra between the striae, which is not as<br /> impressed and bear smaller punctures.
3.

May be confused with

none

Distribution

Brunei, China (Yunnan), Laos, East & West Malaysia, 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

Sequences available for COI and CAD.

COI: MN199585

CAD: MN199602