Terminalinus macropterus

Taxonomic history

Xyleborus macropterus Schedl, 1935b: 271. 

Fortiborus macropterus (Schedl): Beaver et al., 2014: 51.

Terminalinus macropterus (Schedl): Smith et al. 2022b: 167.

Diagnosis

4.8−5.1 mm long (mean = 4.93 mm; n = 3); 2.55−3.06 times as long as wide. This species can be distinguished by the small size; conspicuously angulate elytralelytral:
pertaining to the elytra
apexapex:
point or edge furthest from the body; opposite of base
; posterolateralposterolateral:
relating to end of the side part/portion
declivitaldeclivital:
pertaining to the elytral declivity
costacosta:
elevated ridge that is rounded at its crest, not necessarily with sharp appearance
weakly elevated and asperateasperate:
covered in asperities
; declivitydeclivity:
downward slope of either the pronotum or elytra
appearing very broad and rounded; tuberclestubercle:
a small knob-like or rounded protuberance of the exoskeleton
on declivitaldeclivital:
pertaining to the elytral declivity
interstriae uniformly sized, present from basebase:
point or edge closest to the body; opposite of apex
to apexapex:
point or edge furthest from the body; opposite of base
; and discaldiscal:
pertaining to the disc of either the pronotum or elytra
interstrial punctures uniseriate.

May be confused with

Terminalinus major

Distribution

‘Borneo’, Indonesia (Sumatra), East & West Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand

Host plants

Apart from a single record from Sapotaceae, recorded only from various genera of Dipterocarpaceae (Balanocarpus, Dipterocarpus, Dryobalanops, Hopea, Shorea, Vatica) (Browne 1961bBrowne 1961b:
Browne FG. 1961b. The biology of Malayan Scolytidae and Platypodidae. Malayan Forest Records 22: 1-255., Ohno 1990Ohno 1990:
Ohno S. 1990. The Scolytidae and Platypodidae (Coleoptera) from Borneo found in logs at Nagoya port 1. Research Bulletin of the Plant Protection Service, Japan 26: 83-94.).

DNA data

specimens not available for sequencing