Euwallacea aplanatus

Taxonomic history

Xyleborus aplanatus Wichmann, 1914: 412.

Euwallacea aplanatus (Wichmann): Wood and Bright, 1992: 686.

Diagnosis

4.0 mm. The morphology of the species was insufficiently described in the species description. However, the species is very unique in having a stout elytraelytron:
the two sclerotized forewings of beetles that protect and cover the flight wings
that is as long as wide. No other Euwallacea spp. have such stout elytraelytron:
the two sclerotized forewings of beetles that protect and cover the flight wings
.

May be confused with

none

Distribution

India (Assam)

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)

Remarks

The location of the type specimen is unknown. Based on the description the species most likely belongs in Euwallacea. No specimens matching the species description have been discovered. Its generic placement remains uncertain.

DNA data

specimens not available for sequencing