Premnobius Eichhoff, 1878
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Genus Premnobius Eichhoff, 1878 View in CoL View at ENA
Premnobius Eichhoff, 1878: 404 View in CoL
Type species. Premnobius cavipennis Eichhoff, 1878: 404 View in CoL ; monotypy.
Taxonomic comments. Schedl (1957) treated Premnobius View in CoL as a synonym of Xyleborus Eichhoff. View in CoL This was disputed by Browne (1962) who restored it as a valid genus and removed it from the Xyleborini. All subsequent authors have treated it as a valid genus, but with different tribal placement.
Distribution. There are 22 species known from the Afrotropical region, two of which have been introduced into the Americas ( Wood & Bright 1992). There are five Neotropical species, one of which is described here ( Atkinson et al. 2018).
Biology. Browne (1961) described the biology of Premnobius cavipennis in detail from central Africa. It is a polyphagous ambrosia beetle with males that are flightless, reduced in size, and with a female-biased sex ratio.
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Premnobius Eichhoff, 1878
| Atkinson, Thomas H., Flechtmann, Carlos A. H. & Petrov, Alexander V. 2023 |
Premnobius
| Eichhoff, W. J. 1878: 404 |