Planiculus shiva

Taxonomic history

Xyleborus shiva Maiti and Saha 1986: 140.

Planiculus shiva (Maiti and Saha): Smith et al. 2020b: 306.

Diagnosis

1.85 mm long. Length/width ratio unknown. This species can be distinguished by the emarginateemarginate:
notched at the margin
elytralelytral:
pertaining to the elytra
apexapex:
point or edge furthest from the body; opposite of base
and “declivital interstriaeinterstria:
longitudinal spaces along the elytra between the striae, which is not as<br /> impressed and bear smaller punctures.
1 somewhat raised below the middle accommodating one distinct setiferous tubercletubercle:
a small knob-like or rounded protuberance of the exoskeleton
” (Maiti and Saha 1986Maiti and Saha 1986:
Maiti PK, Saha N. 1986. Contributions to the knowledge of the bark and timber beetles (Scolytidae: Coleoptera) of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Miscellaneous Publications, Occasional Papers 86: 1-182.).

May be confused with

Planiculus bicolor and P. limatus

Distribution

India (Andaman Is.)

Host plants

recorded only from Pterocymbium (Malvaceae) (Maiti and Saha 1986Maiti and Saha 1986:
Maiti PK, Saha N. 1986. Contributions to the knowledge of the bark and timber beetles (Scolytidae: Coleoptera) of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Miscellaneous Publications, Occasional Papers 86: 1-182.)

Remarks

No specimens of this species were available for examination. The species is illustrated in Maiti and Saha (1986).

DNA data

specimens not available for sequencing