Coptoborus amazonicus (Petrov, 2020) Smith & Cognato, 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

Coptoborus amazonicus (Petrov, 2020) comb. nov. Figure 1A-C, M

Theoborus amazonicus Petrov, 2020: 406.

Type material.

Holotype (ZMMU), not examined, paratype (ZMMU), examined.

New records.

Peru: Junin, near Rio Venado village, 1100 m a.s.l., Petrov (APP, 3).

Diagnosis.

2.8 mm (n = 1), 2.37 × as long as wide ( Petrov 2020). This species is distinguished by the elytra attenuated, apex entire, elytra shallowly excavated between interstriae 3, anterior margin of pronotum with a pair of projecting serrations, disc occupying 65% of elytral length, moderately sized at 2.8 mm, and stout, 2.37 × as long as wide.

Similar species.

C. magnus .

Distribution.

Peru (Junin, Loreto).

Biology.

Unknown.

Figures

Figure 1. Dorsal, lateral, frontal and declivital view of Coptoborus amazonicus holotype, 2.8 mm (A-C, M), C. amplissimus holotype, 2.8 mm (D-F, N), C. asperatus holotype, 2.0 mm (G-I, O), C. attenuatus holotype, 2.0 mm (J-L, P). All photographs by SMS except (A-C, M) by A. V. Petrov and (J-L, P) by R. K. Osborn.