Cnestus ater (Eggers, 1923)

Cnestus ater (Eggers, 1923) View in CoL

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1; sex: female; disposition: Wisut Sittichaya Private Collection; occurrenceID: 9337EA58-BC04-502D-BF06-DB4E4F6943FE; Taxon: kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Coleoptera ; family: Curculionidae ; genus: Cnestus ; specificEpithet: ater ; taxonRank: species; scientificNameAuthorship: (Eggers, 1923); taxonomicStatus: valid; Location: country: Thailand; locality: Songkhla Province, Hat Yai District ; verbatimElevation: 120 m; verbatimCoordinates: 6 ° 55 ' 20.8 " N 100 ° 14 ' 48.8 " E; Identification: identifiedBy: Sittichaya & Smith; Event: samplingProtocol: ex. 4.5 cm. diameter branch of fallen C. inermis ; eventDate: 12. viii. 2025; habitat: tropical rainforest; Record Level: type: Non type GoogleMaps

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 6; sex: female; disposition: Wisut Sittichaya Private Collection; occurrenceID: 1E8BAD82-2760-5B01-A55B-BD288A03C6CE; Location: locality: Trat Province, Koh Kood Island ; verbatimElevation: 65; verbatimCoordinates: 11 ° 38 ' 43.8 " N 102 ° 33 ' 43.6 " E; Identification: identifiedBy: Sittichaya; Event: samplingProtocol: ex. small branches of Saraca asoca ; eventDate: 01. ii. 23; habitat: tropical rainforest; Record Level: type: Non type GoogleMaps

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 5; sex: female; disposition: Wisut Sittichaya Private Collection; occurrenceID: C0860BDA-38AB-56A0-A280-91D735BCA91B; Location: locality: Sa Kaeo Province ; verbatimElevation: 380; verbatimCoordinates: 14 ° 02 ' 21.8 " N 102 ° 16 ' 15.5 " E; Identification: identifiedBy: Sittichaya; Event: samplingProtocol: ethanol baited trap (eBT.); eventDate: 01-31. i. 2021; habitat: tropical rainforest; Record Level: type: Non type GoogleMaps

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1; sex: female; disposition: Wisut Sittichaya Private Collection; occurrenceID: 8C49A0D9-8914-57B3-B454-7FC1A4E534E1; Location: locality: Ranong Province, Klongnakha wildlife sanctuary ; verbatimCoordinates: 9 ° 28 ' 03.9 " N 98 ° 32 ' 06.7 " E; verbatimLatitude: 215; Identification: identifiedBy: Sittichaya; Event: samplingProtocol: ethanol baited trap (eBT.); eventDate: 01. vi. 2014; habitat: tropical rainforest; Record Level: type: Non type GoogleMaps

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1; sex: female; disposition: Wisut Sittichaya Private Collection; occurrenceID: C6682410-F690-5E04-A611-648A6E9F5C4E; Location: locality: Trang Province, Khao Bhantad wildlife sanctuary ; Identification: identifiedBy: Sittichaya; Event: samplingProtocol: ethanol baited trap (eBT.); eventDate: 01. i. 2014; habitat: tropical rainforest; Record Level: type: Non type

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 1; sex: female; occurrenceID: D33CD3FF-F70C-5030-AFF8-7693B9C36445; Location: locality: Songkhla Province, Ton Ngachang wildlife sanctuary ; verbatimElevation: 290; verbatimCoordinates: 6 ° 58 ' 48.9 " N 100 ° 09 ' 10.5 " E; Identification: identifiedBy: Sittichaya; Event: samplingProtocol: ethanol baited trap (eBT.); eventDate: 01. x. 2015; habitat: tropical rainforest; Record Level: type: Non type GoogleMaps

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: individualCount: 3; sex: female; disposition: Wisut Sittichaya Private Collection; occurrenceID: 5349638C-84E2-5354-8778-204C6EEFCE25; Location: locality: Narathiwat Province, Hala-Bala wildlife sanctuary ; verbatimElevation: 96; verbatimCoordinates: 5 ° 47 ' 42.2 " N 101 ° 49 ' 35.4 " E; Identification: identifiedBy: Sittichaya; Event: samplingProtocol: ethanol baited trap (eBT.); eventDate: 01. x. 2015 (2), 01. vii. 2014 (1); habitat: lowland tropical rainforest; Record Level: type: Non type GoogleMaps

Distribution

This species is recorded in Thailand for the first time. Thailand: Narathiwat, Ranong, Sa Kaeo, Trang, Trat.

Notes

This species was found breeding in a 4.5 cm diameter branch of C. inermis (newly-recorded host), small branches of Saraca asoca ( Fabaceae ) (newly-recorded host) and 3–8 progeny per gallery were observed.

Diagnosis

(Fig. 3 View Figure 3 ) Large body size. 3.48-3.80 mm long (mean = 3.68 mm; n = 6); 1.55-1.65 times as long as wide. This species is distinguished by a short and stout body form, elytra shorter than pronotum, elytral disc very short, less than 1 / 2 of elytral length, declivity obliquely truncate, abruptly descending from disc, posterior margin of pronotum with mycangial tuft. Scutellar shield of normal size; elytral disc 4–5 scutellar shield lengths; declivital summit rounded, never costate.