Heteroborips indicus

Taxonomic history

Heteroborips indicus 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): 273.

Diagnosis

2.2−2.4 mm long (mean = 2.3 mm; n = 4); 2.75−3.0 times as long as wide. This species is distinguished by the distinctive elytralelytral:
pertaining to the elytra
mycangium appearing as a distinctly impressedimpressed:
a depression in a surface
area immediately adjacent to the scutellumscutellum:
a shield-like sclerotized plate located at the midpoint of the elytral base 
on each elytronelytron:
the two sclerotized forewings of beetles that protect and cover the flight wings
, margins flush with elytralelytral:
pertaining to the elytra
suface; and elytralelytral:
pertaining to the elytra
declivitydeclivity:
downward slope of either the pronotum or elytra
broadly sloping, occupying half of elytraelytron:
the two sclerotized forewings of beetles that protect and cover the flight wings
.

May be confused with

Heteroborips fastigatus, H. seriatus, Tricosa cattienensis, and T. indochinensis

Distribution

India (West Bengal)

Host plants

This species has only been reported from Michelia (Magnoliaceae) (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