Diuncus justus


  Diuncus justus  lateral; R.K. Osborn

Diuncus justus lateral; R.K. Osborn


  Diuncus justus  dorsal; R.K. Osborn

Diuncus justus dorsal; R.K. Osborn


  Diuncus justus  declivity; R.K. Osborn

Diuncus justus declivity; R.K. Osborn


  Diuncus justus  frontal; R.K. Osborn

Diuncus justus frontal; R.K. Osborn


Taxonomic history

Xyleborus justus Schedl, 1931: 339.

Diuncus justus (Schedl): Hulcr and Cognato, 2009: 32.

Synonyms

Xyleborus marginicollis Schedl, 1936c: 64. Hulcr, 2010: 107.

Xyleborus ciliatus Eggers, 1940: 141. Hulcr and Cognato, 2013: 81.

Xyleborus apiculatus Schedl, 1942a: 190. Hulcr and Cognato, 2013: 81.

Diagnosis

1.5−1.7 mm long (mean = 1.65 mm; n = 5); 2.36−2.5 times as long as wide. This species can be distinguished by the minute size; unarmed declivitydeclivity:
downward slope of either the pronotum or elytra
; declivitaldeclivital:
pertaining to the elytral declivity
striae 1 shallowly impressedimpressed:
a depression in a surface
; nearly glabrousglabrous:
smooth, devoid of vestiture
appearance; and laterallateral:
pertaining to the side
margin of the protibiaprotibia:
tibia of the first pair of legs
armed with four denticlesdenticle:
a small tooth, the sides of which are equal and the tip is above the middle of the base
.

May be confused with

Diuncus ciliatoformis

Distribution

Australia, China (Fujian), Indonesia (Java), East & West Malaysia, New Guinea, Vietnam

Host plants

This species has only been recorded from Cunninghamia (Cupressaceae), but it likely occurs on angiosperms as well (Smith et al., 2020b).

DNA data

Sequences available for COI and CAD.

COI: MN619909MN619910

CAD: MN620189