Debus defensus (Blandford), 2018

Smith, Sarah M., Beaver, Roger A. & Cognato, Anthony I., 2018, New synonymy, new combinations and other taxonomic changes in Japanese xyleborine ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), Zootaxa 4521 (3), pp. 391-403 : 395

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4521.3.5
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:47341777-8269-4F41-999B-204943738A10
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5131202
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0397CD04-8349-FF89-49E6-F9BBFDF5F888
treatment provided by	Plazi (2019-03-26 18:15:30, last updated 2024-11-26 04:26:42)
scientific name	Debus defensus (Blandford)
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Debus defensus (Blandford) comb. n.

Xyleborus defensus Blandford, 1894: 118 View in CoL .

Taxonomy: Blandford’s holotype was examined by RAB (NHML). We have also studied a specimen collected and identified by Nobuchi (NMNH), and a specimen from Japan in RAB. The morphology of the species is consistent with that of Debus Hulcr & Cognato, 2010, with the elytral declivity impressed, its apex emarginate, and declivital margins elevated and armed with spines.

References

Blandford, W. F. H. (1894) The Rhynchophorous Coleoptera of Japan Part III Scolytidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1894, 53 - 141.

Hulcr, J. & Cognato, A. I. (2010) New genera of Palaeotropical Xyleborini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) based on congruence between morphological and molecular characters. Zootaxa, 2717, 1 - 33.