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Issue: Vol. 298 No. 1: 16 Sept. 2003
Type: Article
Published: 2003-09-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.298.1.1
Page range: 1–8
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Amphiscolytus — a new genus, and Amphiscolytini — a new tribe of Scolytidae (Coleoptera) for Dacryophthorus capensis Schedl

Bolshoy Prospect, 76-53, Vasilyevski Isle, 199026 St.Petersburg, Russia
161/2 Mu 5, Soi Wat Pranon, T.Donkaew, A.Maerim, Chiangmai 50180, Thailand
Coleoptera Scolytidae Curculionidae Dacryophthorus capensis new genus South Africa

Abstract

A new genus Amphiscolytus and a new tribe Amphiscolytini are described to include Dacryophthorus capensis Schedl, 1971 — a poorly known species of Scolytidae (Coleoptera) with a unique set of features from South Africa. Amphiscolytus capensis (Schedl, 1971) is redescribed and figured.

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