Wallacellus similis (Ferrari) Ferrari, 2010

Hulcr, Jiri, 2010, New genera of Palaeotropical Xyleborini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) based on congruence between morphological and molecular characters, Zootaxa 2717, pp. 1-33 : 29

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.199742

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3500968

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/474887DD-FFD3-FFB7-90BA-6DA9A618F86F

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scientific name

Wallacellus similis (Ferrari)
status

comb. nov.

Wallacellus similis (Ferrari) , comb. n.

Xyleborus similis Ferrari, 1867 View in CoL

(complete taxonomic history in Wood and Bright, 1992)

Specimens examined. Cocos Keelings Isl., (holotype, NHMW), New Guinea (holotype of X. novaeguineanus , syn. of X. similis View in CoL , NHMW); Australia, Queensland (BMNH); Ecuador, Pichincha, Santo Domingo (2, Hulcr det., FMNH); Malaysia, Sabah, Danum Valley (11, Hulcr det., MSUC); New Guinea (10, Hulcr det., BBM.); New Guinea (1, Hulcr det., BMNH); New Guinea, Madang Prov. (778, Hulcr det., MSUC), Oro Prov. (6, Hulcr det., MSUC), West Sepik (8, Hulcr det., MSUC).

Comments. It is superficially similar to Xyleborus spp., but shares the following synapomorphies with Wallacellus piceus and W. striatulus : rounded protibiae with>8 denticles; prosternal posterocoxal process only slightly inflated; pronotum subquadrate anteriad; sutural interstriae 1 on declivity broadened, with a pair of prominent and few minor tubercles.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Curculionidae

Genus

Wallacellus

Loc

Wallacellus similis (Ferrari)

Hulcr, Jiri 2010
2010
Loc

Xyleborus similis

Ferrari 1867
1867
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