Trypolepis Bright, 2019: 182

Johnson, Andrew J., Hulcr, Jiri, Knížek, Miloš, Atkinson, Thomas H., Mandelshtam, Michail Yu., Smith, Sarah M., Cognato, Anthony I., Park, Sangwook, Li, You & Jordal, Bjarte H., 2020, Revision of the Bark Beetle Genera Within the Former Cryphalini (Curculionidae: Scolytinae), Insect Systematics and Diversity 4 (3), No. 1, pp. 1-81 : 67

Trypolepis Bright, 2019: 182

Type of genus

Trypolepis antillica Bright, 2019 .

Diagnosis

This genus can be diagnosed from the similar Acorthylus and Neocryphus by the antenna, which has only two funicle segments, with the first (pedicel) of a similar size to the second, and from the superficially similar Ernoporus by the broadly emarginated eye.