Fraudatrix melas
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Fraudatrix melas lateral; R.K. Osborn |
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Fraudatrix melas dorsal; R.K. Osborn |
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Fraudatrix melas declivity; R.K. Osborn |
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Fraudatrix melas frontal; R.K. Osborn |
Taxonomic history
Xyleborus melas Eggers, 1927b: 93.
Coptoborus melas (Eggers): Wood and Bright, 1992: 663.
Fraudatrix melas (Eggers): Cognato et al. 2020a: 546.
Diagnosis
2.3 mm long (n = 2); 3.29 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 distinct, nearly as large as interstrial granulesgranule:
a small rounded protuberance, like grains of sand
, bearing a short recumbentrecumbent:
pertaining to setae that are flat against the cuticle
seta, and more slender form.
May be confused with
Tricosa jacula and T. metacuneolus
Distribution
China (Hong Kong), Philippines
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
Sequences available for COI and CAD.
COI: MN199586
CAD: MN199603
