Tuesday, September 10, 2024

[Entomology • 2024] Euwallacea chiangdao, E. plenilunium, etc. • New Species of Euwallacea Hopkins, 1915 Ambrosia Beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Xyleborini) from Thailand


Euwallacea chiangdao Sittichaya, Smith & Beaver, E. congruens Sittichaya, Smith & Beaver, 
E. plenilunium 
Sittichaya, Smith & Beaver, and E. sulcatus Sittichaya, Smith & Beaver, 

in Sittichaya, Smith, Beaver et Cognato, 2024.

Abstract
Four new species of Euwallacea Hopkins, 1915, Euwallacea chiangdao Sittichaya, Smith, and Beaver, new species, Euwallacea congruens Sittichaya, Smith, and Beaver, new species, Euwallacea plenilunium Sittichaya, Smith, and Beaver, new species, and Euwallacea sulcatus Sittichaya, Smith, and Beaver, new species, are described from Thailand. Habitus photographs and diagnoses are provided with differential characters to separate them from other Euwallacea species. With the inclusion of the species described and recorded herein, the diversity of Euwallacea is increased to 81 species, of which 17 occur in Thailand. A synoptic list with updated species distributions within Thailand is provided.

KEYWORDS: morphology, Oriental Region, shot hole borer, taxonomy


มอดแอมโบรเซียเชียงดาว Euwallacea chiangdao Sittichaya, Smith, and Beaver, 2024; 
มอดแอมโบรเซียละม้าย Euwallacea congruens Sittichaya, Smith, and Beaver, 2024; 
มอดแอมโบรเซียเดือนเพ็ญ Euwallacea plenilunium Sittichaya, Smith, and Beaver, 2024; 
มอดแอมโบรเซียปีกร่อง  Euwallacea sulcatus Sittichaya, Smith, and Beaver, 2024

 
Wisut Sittichaya, Sarah M. Smith, Roger A. Beaver and Anthony I. Cognato. 2024. New Species of Euwallacea Hopkins, 1915 Ambrosia Beetles from Thailand (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Xyleborini). The Coleopterists Bulletin.  78(3):397-407. DOI: doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-78.3.397
Researchgate.net/publication/383822257_New_Species_of_Euwallacea_Ambrosia_Beetles_from_Thailand