''Xenocerus deletus'' is a species of beetles from the family

Anthribidae Anthribidae is a family of beetle Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other i ...

, also known as fungus weevils.

Description

The basic colour is dark brown, with white markings on the head, the pronotum and the elytra. This species exhibits a strong

sexual dimorphism Sexual dimorphism is the condition where sexes of the same species exhibit different Morphology (biology), morphological characteristics, including characteristics not directly involved in reproduction. The condition occurs in most dioecy, di ...

, with very different sizes in males and females. The antennae in the males are thread-like and much longer than the body.

Distribution

This species can be found in

Sumatra Sumatra () is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the list of islands by area, sixth-largest island in the world at 482,286.55 km2 (182,812 mi. ...

Borneo Borneo () is the List of islands by area, third-largest island in the world, with an area of , and population of 23,053,723 (2020 national censuses). Situated at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, it is one of the Greater Sunda ...

and

Malay Peninsula The Malay Peninsula is located in Mainland Southeast Asia. The landmass runs approximately north–south, and at its terminus, it is the southernmost point of the Asian continental mainland. The area contains Peninsular Malaysia, Southern Tha ...

References

Biolib

Global species
Anthribidae Beetles described in 1860 Taxa named by Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe Beetles of Asia {{Anthribidae-stub