Microperus latesalebrinus

Taxonomic history

Microperus latesalebrinus 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): 292.

Diagnosis

1.6 mm long (mean = 1.6 mm; n = 2); 2.67 times as long as wide. This species is distinguished by the elytralelytral:
pertaining to the elytra
discdisc:
the flat central upper surface of any body part (e.g. pronotum and elytra)
flat; elytralelytral:
pertaining to the elytra
declivitydeclivity:
downward slope of either the pronotum or elytra
 short, steep, obliquely truncateobliquely truncate:
nearly truncate but rounded not flat in lateral view
; posterolateralposterolateral:
relating to end of the side part/portion
carinacarina:
an elevated ridge or keel, not necessarily high or acute
denticulate; declivitaldeclivital:
pertaining to the elytral declivity
interstriae 2 and 3 strongly laterally broadened from basebase:
point or edge closest to the body; opposite of apex
to declivitaldeclivital:
pertaining to the elytral declivity
midpoint and then narrowing towards apexapex:
point or edge furthest from the body; opposite of base
.

May be confused with

Microperus kirishimanus, M. molestus, M. nudibrevis, and M. perparvus

Distribution

China (Fujian, Guizhou, Hong Kong, Jiangxi, Yunnan)

Host plants

recorded from Fagaceae (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), Liquidambar formosana (Altingiaceae), Cinnamomum camphora (Lauraceae), and Litchi sp. (Sapindaceae) (Smith et al. in review)

DNA data

Sequences available for COI and CAD.

COI: MN619977; MN619978

CAD: MN620258