Coptoborus bellus (Bright & Torres, 2006), 2021

Smith, Sarah M. & Cognato, Anthony I., 2021, A revision of the Neotropical genus Coptoborus Hopkins (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Scolytinae, Xyleborini), ZooKeys 1044, pp. 609-720 : 609

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/CE97B237-812B-50EB-8C98-1138B8103470
treatment provided by	ZooKeys by Pensoft (2021-06-16 20:29:14, last updated 2024-11-26 17:01:03)
scientific name	Coptoborus bellus (Bright & Torres, 2006)
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Coptoborus bellus (Bright & Torres, 2006) View in CoL comb. nov. Figure 2D-F, N View Figure 2

Coptoborus bellus Bright & Torres, 2006: 415.

Theoborus bellus Bright & Torres, 2006: Bright 2019: 273.

Type material.

Holotype (NMNH), examined.

New records.

None.

Diagnosis.

2.1-2.3 mm, 2.6 × as long as wide ( Bright and Torres 2006). This species is distinguished by the elytral apex feebly acuminate, declivital interstriae unarmed along its entire length, and antennal club with three sutures on posterior face.

Similar species.

C. attenuatus , C. katniss , C. sagitticauda , C. sarahconnor , C. sicula , C. yar .

Distribution.

Grenada, Puerto Rico.

Biology.

Unknown.

Remarks.

Wood’s (2007) measurements of three paratypes differ compared to the measurements of Bright and Torres’ original description (2006) and those of Bright (2019). Given the previously noted observations of calibration error in Wood’s measurements, these values are not included here. Bright (2019) reports that this species has only one suture on the posterior face of the club but it has two.

References

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

Wood, SL, 2007. Bark and ambrosia beetles of South America (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). Brigham Young University, M.L. Bean Life Science Museum; Provo

Figures

Figure 2. Dorsal, lateral, frontal and declivital view of Coptoborus barbicauda holotype, 2.0 mm (A-C, M), C. bellus, 2.1 - 2.3 mm (D-F, N), C. bettysmithae holotype, 2.4 mm (G-I, O), C. brevicauda holotype, 2.4 - 2.6 mm (J-L, P). All photographs by SMS.