Cyclorhipidion xyloteroides

Taxonomic history

Xyleborus xyloteroides Eggers, 1939b: 120. 

Cyclorhipidion xyloteroides (Eggers): Beaver and Liu, 2010: 25.

Diagnosis

3.25 mm long (n=1); 2.7 times as long as wide. This species is 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
convexconvex:
appearing rounded
, posterolateralposterolateral:
relating to end of the side part/portion
margin costate with a row of larger granules; elytralelytral:
pertaining to the elytra
apexapex:
point or edge furthest from the body; opposite of base
granulate; moderately large size; pronotalpronotal:
pertaining to the pronotum
discdisc:
the flat central upper surface of any body part (e.g. pronotum and elytra)
shining, finely, densely punctured; declivitaldeclivital:
pertaining to the elytral declivity
striae not impressedimpressed:
a depression in a surface
, both 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.
punctures granulategranulate:
pertaining to a coarse, grainy surface texture
, and of similar size, a row of slightly larger granulesgranule:
a small rounded protuberance, like grains of sand
on interstriaeinterstria:
longitudinal spaces along the elytra between the striae, which is not as<br /> impressed and bear smaller punctures.
1 and 3, and a weaker row on interstriaeinterstria:
longitudinal spaces along the elytra between the striae, which is not as<br /> impressed and bear smaller punctures.
2; declivitaldeclivital:
pertaining to the elytral declivity
vestiture very fine and short.

May be confused with

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

Distribution

Taiwan

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