Planiculus bicolor
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Planiculus bicolor lateral; R.K. Osborn |
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Planiculus bicolor dorsal; R.K. Osborn |
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Planiculus bicolor declivity; R.K. Osborn |
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Planiculus bicolor frontal; R.K. Osborn |
Taxonomic history
Xyleborus bicolor Blandford, 1894b: 113.
Euwallacea bicolor (Blandford): Wood, 1989: 172.
Planiculus bicolor (Blandford): Hulcr and Cognato, 2010a: 22.
Synonyms
Xyleborus laevis Eggers, 1923: 201. Hulcr and Cognato 2010a: 22.
Xyleborus bicolor unimodus Beeson, 1929: 238. Wood 1989: 172.
Xyleborus rodgeri Beeson, 1930: 213. Wood 1989: 173.
Xyleborus rodgeri privatus Beeson, 1930: 213. Wood 1989: 173.
Xyleborus rameus Schedl, 1940a: 441. Kalshoven 1959b: 141.
Xyleborus artelaevis Schedl, 1942a: 196. Hulcr 2010: 113.
Xyleborus ashuensis Murayama, 1954: 193. Smith et al. 2018b: 396.
Xyleborus filiformis Schedl, 1975c: 364. Hulcr and Cognato 2010a: 22.
Xyleborus tumidus Schedl, 1975c: 371. Hulcr and Cognato 2010a: 22.
Xyleborus glabratulus Browne, 1983a: 560. Hulcr and Cognato 2010a: 22.
Diagnosis
1.8−2.4 mm long (mean = 2.05 mm; n = 5); 2.86−3.6 times as long as wide. This species can be distinguished by its rounded elytralelytral:
pertaining to the elytra
apexapex:
point or edge furthest from the body; opposite of base
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May be confused with
Planiculus limatus and P. shiva
Distribution
American Samoa, Bangladesh, ‘Borneo', China (Hainan, Jiangxi, Yunnan), Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, India (Andaman Is, Assam, Nicobar Is, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, West Bengal), Indonesia (Java, Sumatra), Japan, Laos, East & West Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
Host plants
polyphagous (e.g. Beeson 1961Beeson 1961:
Beeson CFC. 1961. The ecology and control of the forest insects of India and the neighbouring countries. 2nd edition. Government of India, New Delhi, 767 pp., Browne 1961bBrowne 1961b:
Browne FG. 1961b. The biology of Malayan Scolytidae and Platypodidae. Malayan Forest Records 22: 1-255., Ohno et al. 1988Ohno et al. 1988:
Ohno S, Yoshioka K, Yoneyama K, Nakazawa H. 1988. The Scolytidae and Platypodidae (Coleoptera) from Solomon Islands, found in logs at Nagoya port, I. Research Bulletin of the Plant Protection Service, Japan 24: 91-95.)
DNA data
Sequences available for COI and CAD.
COI: MN619990; MN619991; MN619992; MN619993; MN619994; MN619995
