Debus detritus


  Debus detritus  holotype lateral; R.K. Osborn

Debus detritus holotype lateral; R.K. Osborn


  Debus detritus  holotype dorsal; R.K. Osborn

Debus detritus holotype dorsal; R.K. Osborn


  Debus detritus  holotype declivity; R.K. Osborn

Debus detritus holotype declivity; R.K. Osborn


  Debus detritus  holotype frontal; R.K. Osborn

Debus detritus holotype frontal; R.K. Osborn


Taxonomic history

Xyleborus detritus Eggers, 1927a: 402.

Debus detritus (Eggers): Beaver, 2011: 284. 

Synonyms

Xyleborus maniensis Browne, 1981a: 130. Beaver, 2011: 284.

Diagnosis

3.9−4.6 mm long (mean = 4.22 mm; n = 5); 2.69−2.93 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
emarginate, never explanateexplanate:
spread out and flattened; applied to a margin
, appearing flat and broad; declivitaldeclivital:
pertaining to the elytral declivity
sulcus shallow; and large size.

May be confused with

Debus adusticollis and D. pumilus

Distribution

Indonesia (Java), East Malaysia, Thailand

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