Ambrosiophilus atratus (Eichhoff)

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 : 392

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.3513256
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0397CD04-834C-FF8C-49E6-F9ECFC3DF839
treatment provided by	Plazi (2019-03-26 18:15:30, last updated 2024-11-26 04:26:42)
scientific name	Ambrosiophilus atratus (Eichhoff)
status

Treatment

Xyleborus atratus Eichhoff, 1876: 201 View in CoL .

Ambrosiophilus atratus (Eichhoff) : Hulcr & Cognato, 2009: 22 View Cited Treatment .

Xyleborus collis Niisima, 1910: 12 View in CoL . syn. n.

Taxonomy: Type specimens of Xyleborus collis View in CoL could not be located in the NIAES collection so the synonymy is based on Niisima’s description (in German). The size and form of X. collis View in CoL is nearly a perfect match to that of A. atratus in MSUC and RAB except for the elytral declivital striae which are stated to have long hairs and the interstriae short hairs. In our experience this pattern of setae does not exist among Xyleborini . We note that Niisima in the previous phrase of his description stated that the interstriae had especially long hairs at the apex and believe that the reversal of this in the following phrase is a typological error.

References

Eichhoff, W. J. (1876) Tomicides. In: Chapuis, F. & Eichhoff, W. J., Scolytides recueillis au Japon par M. G. Lewis. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique, 18, 195 - 204.

Hulcr, J. & Cognato, A. I. (2009) Three new genera of Oriental ambrosia beetles (Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Xyleborina). Zootaxa, 2204, 19 - 36.

Niisima, Y. (1910) Die Borkenkaefer Nord- und Mittel-Japans. Transactions of the Sapporo Natural History Society, 3, 1 - 18.