Euwallacea subalpinus

Taxonomic history

Euwallacea subalpinus Smith, Beaver & Cognato 2020 (in 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): 256.

Diagnosis

2.4 mm long (n = 1); 3.0 times as long as wide. This species can be distinguished by its slender form; pronotumpronotum:
the dorsal surface of the thorax
from dorsaldorsal:
of or relating to the upper surface; opposite of ventral
view elongate, anterioranterior:
the front or forward; opposite of posterior
margin rounded (type 7); outer margin of protibiaprotibia:
tibia of the first pair of legs
distinctly triangular, bearing five large denticlesdenticle:
a small tooth, the sides of which are equal and the tip is above the middle of the base
, denticlesdenticle:
a small tooth, the sides of which are equal and the tip is above the middle of the base
not contiguous; and declivitaldeclivital:
pertaining to the elytral declivity
strial punctures very large, coarse.

May be confused with

Euwallacea luctuosus and E. sibsagaricus

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)

DNA data

specimens not available for sequencing