Hypothenemus novateutonicus ( Schedl 1951 )

Atkinson, Thomas H. & Flechtmann, Carlos A. H., 2021, New species, new records and synonymy of Brazilian species of Hypothenemus Westwood, 1834 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), Insecta Mundi 2021 (846), pp. 1-33 : 5

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5041370
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scientific name	Hypothenemus novateutonicus ( Schedl 1951 )
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Hypothenemus novateutonicus ( Schedl 1951) View in CoL

Ptilopodius novateutonicus Schedl 1951: 105 View in CoL

Hypothenemus novateutonicus (Schedl) View in CoL . Wood 2007: 506

Bright (2019) treated Trischidias Hopkins, 1911 View in CoL as a junior synonym of Hypothenemus Westwood, 1834 View in CoL , because the characters used to separate the two genera were inconsistent and overlapped. In general, we have no argument with this position based on morphology and Johnson et al. (2020) provide molecular data from two species formerly assigned to Trischidias View in CoL that support the synonymy. However, species included in Trischidias View in CoL form a compact group which differ from most other New World species of Hypothenemus View in CoL . Specifically, they have a robust, compact body shape, and uniseriate, erect setae on the interstriae without any confused ground vestiture. The holotype of Ptilopodius novateutonicus (NMW) View in CoL was examined by the first author and clearly belongs in this group, not with other species of Hypothenemus View in CoL as treated by Wood (2007).