Coptoborus atlanticus (Bright & Torres, 2006), 2021
publication ID |
https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.144.62246 |
publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:66F01A49-D324-48A8-AC26-69BF3374894C |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4CA330D7-9865-5586-9DEE-51D5408F7EFD |
treatment provided by |
ZooKeys by Pensoft (2021-06-16 20:29:14, last updated 2024-11-26 17:01:03) |
scientific name |
Coptoborus atlanticus (Bright & Torres, 2006) |
status |
comb. nov. |
Coptoborus atlanticus (Bright & Torres, 2006) comb. nov.
Xyleborus atlanticus Bright & Torres, 2006: 417.
Theoborus atlanticus (Bright & Torres): Bright 2019: 272.
Type material.
Holotype, paratypes (CNCI) ( Bright 2019), not examined.
New records.
None.
Diagnosis.
1.8-2.0 mm, 2.7 × as long as wide ( Bright and Torres 2006). This species is distinguished by the elytral apex attenuate and weakly emarginate, declivital interstriae 2 granulate along entire length, declivital interstriae 2 weakly impressed, posterolateral margin of declivity with interstriae 3 and 9 joining, forming a carina and continuing submarginally to apex, declivital interstriae distinctly impressed, anterior margin of pronotum with a pair of projecting serrations.
Similar species.
C. crassisororcula , C. incultus .
Distribution.
Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico.
Biology.
Unknown.
Remarks.
Specimens of this species were unable to be examined as part of this study. Our treatment is based on Bright and Torres (2006) description, Bright’s (2019) treatment and images of the declivty.
Bright, DE, Torres, JA, 2006. Studies on the West Indian Scolytidae (Coleoptera) 4. A review of the Scolytidae of Puerto Rico, U. S. A. with descriptions of one new genus, fourteen new species and notes on new synonymy (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). Koleopterologische Rundschau 76: 389 - 428
Bright, DE, 2019. A taxonomic monograph of the bark and ambrosia beetles of the West Indies (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Scolytidae). Studies on West Indian Scolytidae (Coleoptera) 7. Occasional Papers of the Florida State Collection of Arthropods 12: 1 - 491
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Scolytinae |
Genus |
Coptoborus atlanticus (Bright & Torres, 2006)
Smith, Sarah M. & Cognato, Anthony I. 2021 |
Xyleborus atlanticus
Smith & Cognato 2021 |
Theoborus atlanticus
Smith & Cognato 2021 |