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Issue: Vol. 4303 No. 1: 8 Aug. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-08-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4303.1.8
Page range: 131–139
Abstract views: 109
PDF downloaded: 87

Dinoxyleborus Smith, a new genus of Neotropical xyleborine ambrosia beetle (Coleoptera, Curculionidae: Scolytinae)

Michigan State University, Department of Entomology, 288 Farm Lane, room 243, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
Coleoptera ambrosia beetle taxonomy new species Suriname Brazil Peru

Abstract

An ongoing review of Neotropical Xyleborini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae) has revealed a new genus, Dinoxyleborus gen. nov. (type species Dinoxyleborus cognatoi sp. nov.), from South America. Two new species are described and one new combination is proposed: Dinoxyleborus cognatoi, sp. nov., D. infernus sp. nov., and D. sexnotatus (Schedl), 1970. A modification of Wood’s 2007 key to Neotropical Xyleborini genera and a key to Dinoxyleborus species are given.

 

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