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Issue: Vol. 5514 No. 6: 2 Oct. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-10-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5514.6.5
Page range: 577-584
Abstract views: 59
PDF downloaded: 10

An illustrated key to the Afrotropical bark beetle species of Cladoctonus Strohmeyer (Curculionidae, Scolytinae)—a genus of rare cossonine look-alikes

Department of Natural History; University Museum of Bergen; University of Bergen; P.O. 7800; NO-5020 Bergen; Norway
Coleoptera Curculionidae Scolytinae Cladoctonus

Abstract

The Afrotropical species of Cladoctonus Strohmeyer, 1911 is revised. A key to species is provided with all species illustrated with photos. Five species are currently recognized as valid. Variation between species is limited and samples are few, not yet allowing for assessment of potential intraspecific variation. One synonym is suggested for Cladoctonus affinis Strohmeyer, 1911 (=Cladoctonus eggersi Wichmann, 1911, syn. nov.)

 

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