Diuncus taxicornis ( Schedl, 1971 ) Smith & Beaver & Sittichaya, 2022

Smith, Sarah M., Beaver, Roger A. & Sittichaya, Wisut, 2022, One hundred eighteen taxonomic changes among Xyleborine ambrosia beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), Zootaxa 5194 (2), pp. 151-175 : 161

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5194.2.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C6F3069F-6EC1-4FAC-8870-FC0B53BD45EF

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7147245

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B187C9-3259-FFB6-69D9-032A6C9CFB47

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Plazi

scientific name

Diuncus taxicornis ( Schedl, 1971 )
status

comb. nov.

Diuncus taxicornis ( Schedl, 1971) comb. nov.

Xyleborus taxicornis Schedl, 1971: 385 View in CoL .

Remarks. The holotype (NHMUK) and an image of a paratype (NHMW) were examined. The species is transferred to Diuncus Hulcr & Cognato, 2009 because of the following characteristics: antennal club obliquely truncate with segment 1 encircling anterior face (type 1); pronotum with six serrations on anterior margin; declivity flat, broad, margins broadened and distinctly carinate; declivital base with two pairs of denticles; protibiae obliquely triangular, with 3−5 large denticles, denticles distinctly longer than wide; scutellum visible and flush with the elytra; and mycangial tufts absent.

Distribution. West Malaysia.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

Genus

Diuncus

Loc

Diuncus taxicornis ( Schedl, 1971 )

Smith, Sarah M., Beaver, Roger A. & Sittichaya, Wisut 2022
2022
Loc

Xyleborus taxicornis

Schedl, K. E. 1971: 385
1971
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