Carphobius cupressi Wood, 1974

Cognato, Anthony I. & Smith, Sarah M., 2023, Taxonomic Review of Carphobius Blackman, 1943 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) and a New Species from San Clemente Island, California, USA, The Coleopterists Bulletin 77 (2), pp. 255-263 : 259-261

Carphobius cupressi Wood, 1974

( Figs. 15–18, 21, 22, 24, 25 )

Carphobius cupressi Wood 1974: 12 .

Type Specimens. Holotype ( NMNH) and paratypes (16 NMNH), examined.

Diagnosis. This species is distinguished from other Carphobius by the pronotum with coarse, deep punctures spaced less than a puncture diameter apart, and larger, deeply impressed punctures on the elytral disc.

Host. Cupressus lusitanica Mill.

Distribution. Guatemala.

Figures

Figs. 15–26. Carphobius species. C. cupressi male (paratype; USNMENT_01595078): 15) Habitus, dorsal view; 16) Habitus, lateral view; 21) Declivital view; 24) Frontal view. C. cupressi, female (paratype; USNMENT_01595079): 17) Habitus, dorsal view; 18) Habitus, lateral view; 22) Declivital view; 25) Frontal view. C. pilifer, female (paratype USNMENT_01595077): 19) Habitus, dorsal view; 20) Habitus, lateral view; 23) Declivital view; 26) Frontal view.