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Issue: Vol. 5306 No. 1: 19 Jun. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-06-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5306.1.5
Page range: 116-126
Abstract views: 344
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The tribal placement of Urocorthylus Petrov, Mandelshtam & Beaver, with a description of the male of U. hirtellus Petrov et al., and notes on its biology (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)

School of Forest; Fisheries; and Geomatics Sciences; University of Florida; Gainesville; Florida 32611 and Florida State Collection of Arthropods; FDACS-DPI; Gainesville; Florida; 32611
Agricultural Innovation and Management Division; Faculty of Natural Resources; Prince of Songkla University; Songkhla; 90110; Thailand
College of Agricultural Sciences; Jiangxi Agricultural University; Nanchang 330045; Jiangxi; China
Vector-borne Virus Research Center; Fujian Province Key Laboratory of Plant Virology; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University; Fuzhou 350002; Fujian; China
161/2 Mu 5; Soi Wat Pranon; T. Donkaew; A. Maerim; Chiangmai 50180; Thailand
Coleoptera Corthylini Dryocoetini Gnatharus bark beetle keys new records

Abstract

We show, using molecular data, that the enigmatic genus Urocorthylus Petrov, Mandelshtam & Beaver from Southeast Asia belongs in the scolytine tribe, Dryocoetini, and not in the almost wholly American tribe Corthylini, where it was originally placed. The male of Urocorthylus hirtellus Petrov, Mandelshtam & Beaver is described and figured for the first time, and new records from China are presented. Urocorthylus hirtellus is a bark beetle, and not an ambrosia beetle as originally hypothesised. Keys are provided to the genus within the Dryocoetini, and to the two species included in the genus.

 

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