Debus adusticollis


  Debus adjusticollis  lateral; R.K. Osborn

Debus adjusticollis lateral; R.K. Osborn


  Debus adjusticollis  dorsal; R.K. Osborn

Debus adjusticollis dorsal; R.K. Osborn


  Debus adjusticollis  declivity; R.K. Osborn

Debus adjusticollis declivity; R.K. Osborn


  Debus adjusticollis  frontal; R.K. Osborn

Debus adjusticollis frontal; R.K. Osborn


Taxonomic history

Tomicus adusticollis Motschulsky, 1863: 514.

Debus adusticollis (Motschulsky): Hulcr and Cognato, 2010a: 14. 

Synonyms

Xyleborus vestitus Schedl, 1931: 341. Wood, 1989: 176.

Diagnosis

2.2−2.7 mm long (mean = 2.52 mm; n = 5); 3.57−3.85 times as long as wide. This species is distinguished by the elytralelytral:
pertaining to the elytra
apexapex:
point or edge furthest from the body; opposite of base
entire, never explanateexplanate:
spread out and flattened; applied to a margin
, appearing flat and broad; declivitaldeclivital:
pertaining to the elytral declivity
sulcus deep; and small size.

May be confused with

Debus detritus and D. pumilus

Distribution

Brunei, China (Yunnan), Indonesia (Java), Laos, East & West Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand

Host plants

polyphagous (Browne 1961bBrowne 1961b:
Browne FG. 1961b. The biology of Malayan Scolytidae and Platypodidae. Malayan Forest Records 22: 1-255.
)

DNA data

Sequences available for COI and CAD.

COI: HM064117

CAD: HM064295