Anisandrus ursulus (Eggers, 1923)

Sittichaya, Wisut & Smith, Sarah M., 2024, Anisandrus bolavenensis sp. nov. (Col.: Curculionidae, Scolytinae, Xyleborini), a new ambrosia beetle from Laos, Biodiversity Data Journal 12, pp. e 130023-e 130023 : e130023-

Anisandrus ursulus (Eggers, 1923)

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordNumber: 2; recordedBy: Vít Kubáň; individualCount: 2; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; disposition: NHB; occurrenceID: B559B261-0364-5775-9792-ED7165E15366; Location: country: Laos PDR; stateProvince: Hua Phan; locality: Phu Phan Mt. [mountain] ; verbatimElevation: ~ 1750 m; verbatimCoordinates: 20 ° 12 ' N, 104 ° 01 ' E; Identification: identifiedBy: Smith S.; Event: eventDate: 03. vi. 2007

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: Vít Kubáň; individualCount: 1; occurrenceID: 9141C501-CFAB-50FA-AA98-01B85AEADFAD; Location: country: Laos; stateProvince: Phongsaly; locality: Phongsaly env. ; verbatimElevation: ~ 1500 m; verbatimCoordinates: 21 ° 41-2 ' N, 102 ° 06-8 ' E; Identification: identifiedBy: Smith S; Event: eventDate: 8. v. - 20. vi. 2003

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: M. Brancucci; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; disposition: NHB; occurrenceID: FCE80182-237B-57A6-A6A3-1FEE7110A664; Location: country: Laos; stateProvince: Phongsaly; locality: Phongsaly env. ; verbatimElevation: ~ 1500 m; verbatimCoordinates: 21 ° 41 ' N, 102 ° 6 ' E; Identification: identifiedBy: Smith s; Event: eventDate: 6. - 17. v. 2004

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: D. Hauck; individualCount: 2; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; disposition: NHB; occurrenceID: 9933E070-0D18-5619-A114-C6FEFEA8BCFF; Location: country: Laos; stateProvince:, Phongsaly env., 6. - 17. v. 2004, ~ 1500 m, M. Brancucci leg. (1, NHB). Xieng; locality: Phonsavan (30 km NE): Phou Sane Mt. ; verbatimElevation: 1420 m; verbatimCoordinates: 19 ° 38.20 ' N, 103 ° 20.20 ' E; Identification: identifiedBy: Smith S; Event: eventDate: 10. - 30. v. 2009

Description

4.3–4.9 mm long (mean = 4.5 mm; n = 5); 1.88–1.96 × as long as wide. Body large size, robust and stout, brown to black in colour, appendages paler; densely covered with fine, moderately long, erect, dark brown hair-like setae. Pronotum from dorsal view round (type 1) anterior margin armed with 5 serrations, the middle pair is prominent; pronotal base with mesonotal mycangial tuft the length of the scutellum; elytra short, disc convex; lateral side parallel to apical 1 / 3 then broadly rounded to apex; declivity obliquely truncate, unarmed, declivital striae not impressed and posterolateral margins obliquely truncate armed with small tubercles.

Distribution

China ( Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi), India (Nicobar Is, West Bengal), Indonesia ( Bali, Batoe Is, Java, Maluku, Sulawesi, Sumatra), Laos, East and West Malaysia, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Vietnam ( Smith et al. 2020). New to Laos ( Hua Phan, Phongsaly, Xieng Khouang).