Wallacellus similis (Ferrari)

Hulcr, Jiri, 2010, New genera of Palaeotropical Xyleborini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) based on congruence between morphological and molecular characters, Zootaxa 2717, pp. 1-33 : 29

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.199742
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3500968
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/474887DD-FFD3-FFB7-90BA-6DA9A618F86F
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scientific name	Wallacellus similis (Ferrari)
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Wallacellus similis (Ferrari) , comb. n.

Xyleborus similis Ferrari, 1867 View in CoL

(complete taxonomic history in Wood and Bright, 1992)

Specimens examined. Cocos Keelings Isl., (holotype, NHMW), New Guinea (holotype of X. novaeguineanus , syn. of X. similis View in CoL , NHMW); Australia, Queensland (BMNH); Ecuador, Pichincha, Santo Domingo (2, Hulcr det., FMNH); Malaysia, Sabah, Danum Valley (11, Hulcr det., MSUC); New Guinea (10, Hulcr det., BBM.); New Guinea (1, Hulcr det., BMNH); New Guinea, Madang Prov. (778, Hulcr det., MSUC), Oro Prov. (6, Hulcr det., MSUC), West Sepik (8, Hulcr det., MSUC).

Comments. It is superficially similar to Xyleborus spp., but shares the following synapomorphies with Wallacellus piceus and W. striatulus : rounded protibiae with>8 denticles; prosternal posterocoxal process only slightly inflated; pronotum subquadrate anteriad; sutural interstriae 1 on declivity broadened, with a pair of prominent and few minor tubercles.

References

Ferrari, J. A. (1867) Die Forst- und Baumzuchtschadlichen Borkenkafer (Tomicides Lac) aus der Familie der Hο ÷ zνerderber (Scο ÷ ytides Lac) ̛ mit besοnderer Berucksichtigung νοrzug ÷ ich der eurοpaischen Fοrmen ̛ und der Sammlung des k. k. zoologischen Kabinetes in Wien. Carl Gerold's Sohn, Wien, 96 pp.

Wood, S. L. & Bright, D. E. (1992) A catalog of Scolytidae and Platypodidae (Coleoptera), Part 2: Taxonomic Index. Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs, 13, 1553 pp.