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Issue: Vol. 5424 No. 5: 18 Mar. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-03-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5424.5.7
Page range: 589-594
Abstract views: 77
PDF downloaded: 35

A new species of Phloeosinus from Bhutan (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Phloeosinini)

Department of Forest Protection Service; Forestry and Game Management Research Institute; Jíloviště – Strnady; CZ-252 02; Czechia
Ugyen Wangchuck Institute for Forestry Research and Training; Department of Forest and Park Services; Lamai Goempa; Bumthang; Bhutan. P.O Box 155
Coleoptera bark beetles endemic species Cupressus corneyana

Abstract

A new species of Phloeosinus Chapuis, 1869 from Bhutan is described. The species is suggested to be endemic to Bhutan, occurring on Cupressus corneyana Knight & Perry ex Carrière (Cupressaceae).

 

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