Pseudips yak, 2024

Cognato, Anthony I. & Smith, Sarah M., 2024, Taxonomic Review of Pseudips Cognato (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Ipini) Inferred from Morphology and a DNA-Based Phylogeny, The Coleopterists Bulletin 78 (2), pp. 239-254 : 251

KEY TO PSEUDIPS SPECIES

1. Third elytral denticle, in line with 5th stria, broadly conical, not subcapitate ( Fig. 8 )..... 2

1′. Third elytral denticle, in line with 5th stria, cylindrical, subcapitate ( Fig. 4 )................... 3

2. Frons with a large epistomal median tubercle and central fovea, without longitudinal carina ( Fig. 9 )............ P. orientalis (Wood and Yin)

2′. Frons without an epistomal median tubercle and central fovea, replaced with a medial longitudinal carina often extending from the epistoma to above the eyes ( Fig. 29 )............. ...... P. yak Cognato and Smith , new species

Figures

Figs. 3–10. Pseudips species. P. concinnus, male: 3) Habitus, dorsal view; 4) Habitus, lateral view; 5) Frontal view; 6) Declivital view. P. orientalis, male holotype (USNMENT00912429): 7) Habitus, dorsal view; 8) Habitus, lateral view; 9) Frontal view; 10) Declivital view.

Figs. 27–37. Pseudips yak, new species. Male holotype: 27) Habitus, dorsal view; 28) Habitus, lateral view; 29) Frontal view; 30) Declivital view. Paratype male:31) Genitalia, ventral view; 32) Genitalia, dorsal view. Female allotype: 33) Habitus, dorsal view; 34) Habitus, lateral view; 35) Frontal view; 36) Declivital view. 37) Exposed arcuate egg galleries made in Picea crassifolia, MaiXiu Forest Park, Qinghai Province, China.