Terminalinus pseudopilifer

Taxonomic history

Xyleborus pseudopilifer Schedl, 1936a: 11.

Fortiborus pseudopilifer (Schedl): Smith et al., 2018a: 841.

Terminalinus pseudopilifer (Schedl): Smith et al. 2022b: 169.

Diagnosis

6.6 mm long, (n = 1); 2.64 times as long as wide. This species can be distinguished by the large size; unique declivitaldeclivital:
pertaining to the elytral declivity
sculpturing marked by a distinct boundary between discdisc:
the flat central upper surface of any body part (e.g. pronotum and elytra)
and declivitydeclivity:
downward slope of either the pronotum or elytra
; all interstriaeinterstria:
longitudinal spaces along the elytra between the striae, which is not as<br /> impressed and bear smaller punctures.
bearing a series of 1–3 moderate to large tuberclestubercle:
a small knob-like or rounded protuberance of the exoskeleton
at declivitaldeclivital:
pertaining to the elytral declivity
summit and all interstriaeinterstria:
longitudinal spaces along the elytra between the striae, which is not as<br /> impressed and bear smaller punctures.
bearing 3–8 irregularly spaced small to moderately sized tubercles; declivitaldeclivital:
pertaining to the elytral declivity
punctures strongly confusedconfused:
of markings, having indefinite outlines or running together as lines or spots without definite pattern; usually referring to punctures
; and discaldiscal:
pertaining to the disc of either the pronotum or elytra
interstriae impunctate.

May be confused with

Euwallacea destruens

Distribution

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

Host plants

unknown, but probably associated with Dipterocarpaceae like other Fortiborus species (Smith et al. 2020bSmith et al. 2020b:
Smith SM, Beaver RA, and Cognato AI. 2020b. A monograph of the Xyleborini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae) of the Indochinese Peninsula (except Malaysia) and China. ZooKeys 983: 1-442. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.983.52630)

Remarks

Brood size can be as high as 120 in a gallery (Beaver and Browne 1978Beaver and Browne 1978:
Beaver RA, Browne FG. 1978. The Scolytidae and Platypodidae (Coleoptera) of Penang, Malaysia. Oriental Insects 12: 575-624. https://doi.org/10.1080/00305316.1978.10432538).

DNA data

specimens not available for sequencing