Coptoborus schulzi Wood, 2007

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 schulzi Wood, 2007 Figure 15A-C, M

Coptoborus schulzi Wood, 2007: 394.

Type material.

Holotype (NMNH), examined.

New records.

Ecuador: Napo Prov. [= Orellana Prov.], Res[erva]. Ethnica Waorani, 1 km S. Okone Gare Camp, Trans[ect]. Ent[omology]., 00°39'10"S, 076°26'W, 220 m, i.1996, T.L. Erwin et al. collectors, insecticidal fogging, terra firme forest, trans[ect] 7, sta[tion] 7, Erwin lot #1467 (NMNH, 1).

Diagnosis.

2.3 mm (n = 1), 2.56 × as long as wide. This species is distinguished by the elytral apex attenuate and weakly emarginate, declivital interstriae 2 convex, declivital interstriae 1-3 denticulate, posterolateral margin of declivity with interstriae 3 and 9 joining, forming a carina and continuing submarginally to apex, stout form, declivital interstriae 1 with a confused row of erect scale-like setae, and posterior ~40% of elytra acutely tapered to apex.

Similar species.

C. barbicauda , C. bettysmithae , C. capillisoror , C. hansen , C. subtilis , C. trinity , C. uhura .

Distribution.

Ecuador*(Orellana), Suriname.

Biology.

Unknown. A specimen was collected by canopy fogging.

Figures

Figure 15. Dorsal, lateral, frontal and declivital view of Coptoborus schulzi, 2.3 mm (A-C, M), C. scully paratype, 1.7 - 2.0 mm (D-F, N), C. semicostatus 2.8 - 3.1 mm (G-I, O), C. sicula holotype, 2.1 mm (J-L, P). All photographs by SMS.