Streptocranus bicuspis
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Streptocranus bicuspis cotype lateral; R.K. Osborn |
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Streptocranus bicuspis cotype dorsal; R.K. Osborn |
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Streptocranus bicuspis cotype declivity; R.K. Osborn |
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Streptocranus bicuspis cotype frontal; R.K. Osborn |
Taxonomic history
Xyleborus bicuspis Eggers, 1940: 153.
Coptoborus bicuspis (Eggers): Wood and Bright, 1992: 662.
Streptocranus bicuspis (Eggers): Hulcr et al., 2007: 582.
Diagnosis
2.2−3.4 mm long (mean = 2.87 mm; n = 4); 3.85−4.25 times as long as wide. The species is distinguished by the unique elongate elytralelytral:
pertaining to the elytra
processes, strongly tapering, strongly curved dorsad, and with an acutely pointed tip.
May be confused with
none
Distribution
‘Borneo', Indonesia (Java), West Malaysia, Thailand
Host plants
recorded only from Castanopsis (Fagaceae) (Browne 1961bBrowne 1961b:
Browne FG. 1961b. The biology of Malayan Scolytidae and Platypodidae. Malayan Forest Records 22: 1-255.)
DNA data
specimens not available for sequencing
