Streptocranus mirabilis

Taxonomic history

Streptocranus mirabilis Schedl, 1939b: 53.

Coptoborus mirabilis (Schedl): Wood and Bright, 1992: 663.

Streptocranus mirabilis Schedl: Hulcr et al., 2007: 583.

Diagnosis

4.1−4.9 mm long (mean = 4.45 mm; n = 3); 3.9−4.08 times as long as wide. The species is the largest Streptocranus and is distinguished by the moderately attenuateattenuate:
gradually tapering apically
elytra; and dorsaldorsal:
of or relating to the upper surface; opposite of ventral
margin of elytralelytral:
pertaining to the elytra
process with a strong, inwardly-directed denticledenticle:
a small tooth, the sides of which are equal and the tip is above the middle of the base
at the level of the elytralelytral:
pertaining to the elytra
apex

May be confused with

Streptocranus bicolor, S. fragilis, and S. petilus

Distribution

China (Yunnan), Indonesia (Java), West Malaysia, Thailand

Host plants

recorded from Mesua (Calophyllaceae), Quercus (Fagaceae), and Schoutenia (=Actinophora) (Malvaceae) (Kalshoven 1959bKalshoven 1959b:
Kalshoven LGE. 1959b. Studies on the biology of Indonesian Scolytoidea 4. Data on the habits of Scolytidae. Second part. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 102: 135-173 + pls. 15-22.); probably polyphagous

DNA data

specimens not available for sequencing