Fraudatrix cuneiformis

Taxonomic history

Xyleborus cuneiformis Schedl, 1958b: 104.

Fraudatrix cuneiformis (Schedl): Cognato et al. 2020a: 545.

Diagnosis

1.9−2.15 mm long (mean = 2.02 mm; n = 5); 2.86−3.07 times as long as wide. This species is distinguished by the anterioranterior:
the front or forward; opposite of posterior
margin of the pronotumpronotum:
the dorsal surface of the thorax
rounded, declivitaldeclivital:
pertaining to the elytral declivity
strial punctures indistinct, interstrial granulesgranule:
a small rounded protuberance, like grains of sand
large, distinct, elytralelytral:
pertaining to the elytra
apexapex:
point or edge furthest from the body; opposite of base
narrowly attenuateattenuate:
gradually tapering apically
and stouter form.

May be confused with

Coptodryas mus and Tricosa metacuneolus

Distribution

Brunei, East & West Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan

Host plants

recorded only from two species of Shorea (Dipterocarpaceae) (Schedl 1958bSchedl 1958b:
Schedl KE. 1958b. Bark and timber beetles from Malaya. Malayan Forester 21: 99-105.)

Remarks

The gallery system has branched tunnels with small brood chambers in the longitudinal plane (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: OP617805

CAD: OP607238